Those who remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

He breaks open a shaft away from where men sojourn, [paths] forgotten by the foot. They hang afar from men; they swing to and fro.

As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots.

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it.

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.

when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.

They pluck mallows by the bushes, and the roots of the juniper are their food.

By the great force my garment is disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

Thou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of thy hand thou persecute me.

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

then let me sow, and let another eat, yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

For that is a heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

(this also is an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God that is above);

(yea, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

if like Adam I have covered my transgressions by hiding my iniquity in my bosom

I will speak that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen. And his bones that were not seen stick out.

If there be with him a [heavenly] agent, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

For thou should not say, There shall be no visitation to a man, [whereas] visitation [is] to him from LORD.

Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding. Far be it from me to sin before LORD, and pervert righteousness before the Almighty.

If now [thou be] understanding, hear this. Hearken to the voice of words.

that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.

Shall his recompense be as thou desire, that thou refuse it? For thou must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what thou know.

so that we may not add to our sins, and lawlessness will be reckoned against us, speaking many words before LORD.

That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? [And], What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions,

But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.

Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

and there shall be wrath upon the impious because of the ungodliness of bribes which the unrighteous receive.

For by these he judges the peoples. he gives food in abundance.

By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is narrowed.

and it is turned round about by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them upon the face of the habitable world.

He causes it to come, whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness.

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

By what way is the light divided, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven

They bow themselves. They bring forth their young. They cast out their pains.

Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

She deals hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear,

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soars, (and) stretches her wings toward the south?

Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Will not [a man] be cast down even at the sight of him?

They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they cannot be parted.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm upon him. They cannot be moved.

He makes a path to shine after him. [A man] would think the deep to be hoary.

I know that thou can do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.