On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, 'He hath no helper.'

As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.

My greatest fears have overcome me; my honor is assaulted as though by a wind storm; my prosperity evaporates like a morning cloud."

“And now my soul is poured out within me;
Days of affliction have seized me.

By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.

“He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.

I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.

“You have become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You persecute me.

For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And to the house appointed for all living.

Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.

Haven't I wept for the one who is going through hard times? Haven't I grieved for the needy?

I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.

My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Gone before me have days of affliction.

Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry.

A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes;
How then could I gaze at a virgin?

What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high,

If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands,

Let me sow but, another, eat. And let, what I have springing up, be uprooted!

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,

then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her.

For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.

Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.

“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

What then could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered him?

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Or have eaten my morsel alone,
And the orphan has not shared it

(For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;)

if I've observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor,

If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in him the gate of my court,

For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur."

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

If I have gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;

If I have looked at the sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."

"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

People in my household have said, "We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?

“The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the traveler.

If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,

Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

I have told the number of my goings, and delivered them unto him as to a prince.

“For if my land has cried out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,

and against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job.

Elihu waited to have a word with Job, since the others were older than he,

And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answereth and saith: -- Young I am in days, and ye are age Therefore I have feared, And am afraid of shewing you my opinion.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion -- even I.

Lo, I have waited for your words, I give ear unto your reasons, Till ye search out sayings.

Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

“Now Job has not directed his words against me [therefore I have no reason to be offended],
Nor will I answer him with arguments like yours. [I speak for truth, not for revenge.]

(They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words.

And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.)

I have a good hope for my part to shape him an answer, and to show him my meaning.

For I have been full of words, Distressed me hath the spirit of my breast,

Therefore will I speak, that I may have vent: I will open my lips, and make answer.

For I have not known to give flattering titles, In a little doth my Maker take me away.

"Now please listen to what I have to say, Job. Listen to every word!

Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

Of the uprightness of my heart are my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.

Lo, I am, according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words:

Pure am I, without transgression, Innocent am I, and I have no iniquity.

Why are you arguing with him? He doesn't have to give explanations for what he does to you!

Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'

He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.

Mark well, O Job, and hear me: hold thee still until I have spoken.

If there are words -- answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.

But if you have nothing to say, then at least listen to me! Be quiet and learn some wisdom from me."

"Listen to what I have to say, you wise men! Pay attention to me, you educated people!

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

For Job hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

Have I lied concerning the justice that I deserve? My wound is incurable, though transgression cannot be attributed to me.'

saying, I have not sinned, nor committed unrighteousness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity to go with the profane.

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

If you have understanding, listen to this! Pay attention to what I have to say:

Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

Besides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?'

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

{Those who have sense} say to me, and [the] wise man hearing me [says]:

May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

“For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

"They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them.

Job uselessly opens his mouth
And multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].”

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for +God.

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

He will not withdraw - from a righteous one - his eyes, - but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.

But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,