since I don't know the first thing about how to flatter; and the one who made me would sweep me away as if I were nothing."

“Why do you complain against Him?
That He does not answer [you with] all His doings.

“Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.

If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret - one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness,

He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

“Hear my words, you wise men,
And listen to me, you who know.

For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

Who is a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

traffics in those who practice evil, and walks with wicked people?

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

To whom hath he given his heart, for to draw his spirit and breath unto him?

Can one who hates justice really govern? And if God is righteous and mighty, can you condemn him?

Who hath said to a king -- 'Worthless,' Unto princes -- 'Wicked?'

Who isn't partial to princes? Who doesn't give preference to the nobles over the poor? Nevertheless, all of them are his handiwork.

There's no such thing as darkness to him not even deep darkness that can conceal those who practice evil.

Who therefore turned away from after him, and they consider not all his ways,

And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, It is the same.

so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

“Men of understanding will say to me,
And a wise man who hears me,

Oh, how Job needs to be given a full court trial, as a rebuke to those who practice evil,

What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?

“Your wickedness affects only a man such as you,
And your righteousness affects only a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign].

He never asks, "Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,

who teaches us more than the earth's wild animals, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

"They cry out there, but he doesn't answer because of the arrogance of those who practice evil.

because what I have to say isn't deceptive, and the one who has perfect knowledge is with you."

He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who is like Him -- a teacher?

Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'

"O consider how great and excellent his works be, whom all men love and praise:

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,
That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

Canst thou get to know concerning the poisings of the thick cloud, the wonders of one who is perfect in knowledge?

The Almighty, whom we have not fully found out, is great in vigour, - Neither, justice nor abounding righteousness, will he weaken.

“Therefore men fear Him;
He does not regard any who are wise of heart.”

Who is this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,

Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

Who turneth the clots to dust, and then to be clots again?

Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

to whom I've given the Arabah for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place?

“Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

“Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust?
The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible.

"Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God's accuser answer."

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked where they stand.

See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.

“He is the first [in magnitude and power] of the works of God;
[Only] He who made him can bring near His sword [to master him].

Who dare lay a hand on him openly, and undertake to catch him? Or, who dare put a hook through his nose, and lay a snare for him?

None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who is he before Me stationeth himself?

Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it is mine.

Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter?

The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth are terrible.

"His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified.

Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”

Who is this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.

Then all his brothers and sisters and all those who knew him before arrived. They ate food with him in his house, mourned for him, and consoled him for all the trouble that the LORD had brought and placed on him. Some gave him gold bullion and some brought gold earrings.

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.