They will turn the needy from the Way: the poor of the earth hid themselves together.

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising early for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

In the field they will harvest his meslin, and they will glean the vintage of the unjust one.

They will cause the naked to lodge without clothing, and no covering in the cold.

They will be wet from the pouring rains of the mountains, and they embraced the rock from no shelter.

They will strip the orphan from the breast, and take a pledge for the poor.

Between their walls they will press out oil; they trod their wine-presses, and they will thirst

From the city men will groan, and the soul of the wounded will cry out: and God will not set folly.

The murderer will rise by light; he will kill the poor and needy; and in the night he will be as a thief.

And [the] eye of [the] adulterer waits for dusk, saying, {'No eye will see me,'} and he places a covering [on his] face.

In the night season they search the houses, and hide themselves in the daytime, but will not know the light.

"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.

Dryness, also heat, will strip the snow waters: hades him sinning.

The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

He did evil to the barren; she will not bear: andhewill not do good to the widow.

And he drew the mighty in his power: he will rise up and none shall be sure in living.

And though they might be safe, yet they will not receive it, for their eyes look upon their own ways.

They were lifted up a little while, and they are not, and they were brought low; as all they will be drawn together, and as the head of an ear of grain they shall be cut off.

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?

And Bildad the Shuhite will answer and say,

"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?

And Job will answer and say,

Where is the counsel that thou shouldest give him, which hath no wisdom? Wilt thou so show thine excellent righteousness?

And Job will add to take up his parable, and say,

my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Behold, all ye yourselves saw; and wherefore this, will ye breathe out vanity?

"This is what a wicked person inherits from God, and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty:

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
his descendants will never have enough food.

Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
yet their widows will not weep for them.

he makes [it] ready, and [the] righteous will wear [it], and [the] innocent will divide [the] silver.

He goes to bed [with] wealth, but {he will do so no more}; he opens his eyes, and {it is gone}.

Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away.

And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion; he will quickly flee from its power.

“Men will clap their hands at him
And will hiss him from his place.

For there is a going forth for silver, and a place for gold they will purify it

Iron shall be taken from the dust, and stone will pour out brass.

The earth, from it will come forth bread, and under it was turned as fire.

{Proud wild animals} have not trodden it; [the] lion in its prime has not prowled over it.

He bound the rivers from weeping, and he will bring forth the hidden thing to light

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

Black corals and crystal will not be mentioned, and wisdom's price [is] more than red corals.

For he will look to the ends of the earth, he will see under all the heavens;

Then he saw, and he will recount it; he prepared it, and also he searched it out

And he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

And Job will add to lift up his parable, and say,

Who will give me as the months of old, as the days God will watch me?

In washing my goings with butter, and the rock will pour out with me streams of oil;

Chiefs held back in words, and they will put the hand to the mouth.

If the ear heard, and it will pronounce me happy; and the eye saw, and it will testify to me:

The praise of him perishing will come upon me, and I shall cause the heart of the widow to rejoice.

I put on justice and it will clothe me: my judgment as an upper garment and a turban.

"And I thought, 'I will pass away in my nest, and like the phoenix I shall multiply [my] days.

My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;

My strength will be refreshed within me,
and my bow will be renewed in my hand.

To me they heard, and they waited, and they will be silent for them at my counsel.

After my words they will not repeat, and my speech will drop upon them.

I shall laugh at them, they will not believe; and the light of my face they will not cast down.

Between the shrubs they will bray; they will be poured out under the thorn bush.

Because he loosed his cord and he will afflict me, and they cast off the bridle from before me.

Upon the right the brood will rise up; they cast away my feet, and they will cast up the paths of their destruction against me.

They will come as a wide breach under a destroying tempest, they rolled themselves.

Terror turned upon me, it will pursue my willingness as the wind, and my salvation passed away as a cloud.

And now my soul shall be poured out upon me; and the days of affliction will hold me fast

The night racks my bones; and the pain that gnaws on me will not rest.

By the multitude of power my clothing will be disguised: it will gird me about as the mouth of my coat

I shall cry to thee and thou wilt not answer me: I stood up and thou wilt not attend to me.

Thou wilt turn to be cruel to me: with the strength of thy hand thou wilt lie in wait for me.

Thou wilt lift me up to the wind; thou wilt cause me to ride, and thou wilt melt to me counsel.

For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Yet he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry out in his destruction.

For I hoped for good and evil will come: and I shall wait for light and darkness will come.

And my harp will be for mourning, and my pipe for the voice of those weeping.

Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?

If I went with vanity, and my foot will haste upon deceit;

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

If my going will incline from the way, and my heart went after mine eyes, and a blemish did cleave upon my hands:

I will sow and another shall eat; and my offspring shall be rooted up.

Indeed, that [is] a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop.

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

Did not he making me in the womb, make him? And he will prepare us in one belly.

If his loins did not praise me, and he will be warmed from the fleece of my sheep

And my heart will be seduced in secret, and my hand shall kiss to my mouth:

If the men of my tent said not, Who will give from his flesh? We shall not be satisfied.

then let me tremble before a great multitude, and be terrified by the scorn of families; and I will be silent and not go out the door.

"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,

If not, I shall lift it up upon my shoulder, I will bind it a crown to me

And these three men will cease from answering Job, for he is just in his eyes.

And the anger of Elihu will kindle, son of Barachel the Buzite, from the family of Ram: against Job was, his anger kindled, for his justifying his soul above God.

And against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they, found not an answer, and they will condemn Job.

And Elihu will see that not an Answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger will kindle,

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite will answer and say, I few for days, and ye old men; for this I was afraid, and I shall fear showing you my knowledge.

But it is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty will cause them to understand.

Not the many will be wise: and old men understand judgment.

Therefore I say, Hearken to me; I also will show my opinion.

Behold, I waited for your words, giving ear even to your understandings while ye will search out words.