Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.

But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.

Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?

Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;

Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?

She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.

They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.

The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.

The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron.

The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.

Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.