but when man sleepeth, he riseth not again, until the heaven perish: he shall not wake up nor rise out of his sleep.

If thou wouldest but call me, I should obey thee: only despise not the work of thine own hands.

But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.

Thou hast sealed up mine offenses, as it were in a bag: but be merciful unto my wickedness.

“But the falling mountain crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;

Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!

“His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

“But his body pains him,
And he mourns only for himself.”

But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.

But thy wickedness teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen thee a crafty tongue.

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, but we can the same?

What wise men have [freely] told,
And have not hidden [anything passed on to them] from their fathers,

He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.

Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, but are become heaps of stones.

“It will be fulfilled while he still lives,
And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].

If you were in my place I could also talk like you.
I could string words together against you
and shake my head at you.

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage your pain.

"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking -- how much of it goes away?

“But now He has exhausted me;
You have laid waste all my company.

“I was at ease, but He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.

“My friends are scoffers [who ridicule];
My eye pours out tears to God.

“But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].

He promiseth his friends part of his good, but his own children spend it.

“But He has made me a byword of the people,
And I am one at whom men spit.

My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

“But come again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.

“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,

But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!

But if ye will enhance yourselves against me, and accuse me to be a wicked person because of the shame that is come upon me;

“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

“I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore him with my mouth.

But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over my dust, will he arise;

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,

Yea, I myself shall behold him - not with other, but with these same eyes, though my reins are consumed within me.

But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

But beware of the sword, for the sword will be avenged of wickedness. And be sure, that there is a judgment."

The correction meant to confound me, I must hear, but, the spirit - out of my understanding, will give me a reply.

The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?

An eye glimpsed him, but will not again; yea, his place shall not see him again.

“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him in the dust.

Though he desires it and will not let it go,
But holds it in his mouth,

“He swallows riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.

But he shall labour, and yet have nothing to eat. Great travail shall he make for riches, but he shall not enjoy them.

for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.

“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].

“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.

But Job answered and said,

They spend their days in wealthiness: but suddenly, they go down to hell.

But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

But they both lie in the dust,
and worms cover them.

"But I know what ye think; yea, and what ye imagine against me unrighteously.

“But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face,
And who will repay him for what he has done?

Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

“But the earth belongs to the mighty man,
And the honorable man dwells in it.

you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns you."

"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.

But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

They were seized, but there was not time; their foundation was poured out by a flood;

“Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

[The] righteous see, and they rejoice, but [the] innocent [one] mocks at them.

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

Would he plead against me with his great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold him not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see him not.

“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

I have not forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart.

“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

But I am not silenced by the darkness,
Nor deep gloom which covers me.

So that when the showers in the mountains have rained upon them, and they be all wet, they have none other succour, but to embrace the rock for want of a covering.

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

“Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.

From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.

“But He drags off the valiant by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

God setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?

But how may a man compared unto God be justified? Or, how can he be clean, that is born of a woman?

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot -- a son of man, who is only a worm!"

But Job answered and said,

“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.

“He lies down rich, but never again;
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him."

As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

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

"But wisdom -- where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

But God understands the way to wisdom,
and He knows its location.

“But to man He said, ‘Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

"But now they mock me; men who are far younger than I, whose fathers I would have hated to entrust with my own sheep dogs.

"Now, I've become the object of their mocking melodies; I'm nothing but a fool's proverb to them!

They abhor me they keep their distance from me; but they don't refrain from spitting at the sight of me.

But God has loosened his cord and afflicted me; so they've cast off all restraints in my presence.

But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

I cry for help to you, but you won't answer me; I stand still, but you only look at me.

In times past thou didst set me up on high, as it were above the wind, but now hast thou given me a very sore fall.