Forasmuch, as they turned from following him, and, none of his ways, did they teach;

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

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.

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

As for Job he hath neither spoken to the purpose nor wisely.

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry [which lacks trust],
Nor will the Almighty regard it.

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.

For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

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

Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

As for such as be fained hypocrites, they heap up wrath for themselves: for they call not upon him, though they be his prisoners.

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

"The poor delivereth he out of his affliction, and comforteth such as be in necessity and trouble.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

If your cry for help is set in order, then it will not be in distress, but with all the forces of strength.

Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by affliction.

Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?

Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, 'You have done what is wicked'?

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,

See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.

His hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.

His rolling thunder telleth concerning him, - The cattle, even, concerning him that is coming up.

At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light is over the skirts of the earth.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

"When he commandeth the snow, it falleth upon the earth: As soon as he giveth the rain a charge, immediately the showers have their strength, and fall down.

serve as His sign to all mankind,
so that all men may know His work.

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind ?

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

"Hast thou given the morning his charge, as soon as thou wast born, and showed the day spring his place,

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

Hast thou also perceived how broad the earth is? Now if thou hast knowledge of all,

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

that thou mayest bring us unto their quarters, if thou canst tell the way to their houses.

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Have you entered the place where the snow is stored?
Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

Is there a father for the rain, or who fathered [the] drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?

"Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young?

Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

“Yet when she lifts herself on high,
[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.

Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

“The quiver rattles against him,
[As do] the flashing spear and the lance [of his rider].

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

As oft as the trumpet'soundeth he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.