There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].

{Then when} the days of the feast had run their course, {Job would send}, and he would sanctify them. Thus he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings [according to] the number of all of them, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and {cursed} God in their heart." This is what Job used to do {all the time}.

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].”

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]. And still he maintains and holds tightly to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to destroy him without cause.”

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble from my eyes.

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

I will not be at ease; I will not be quiet; I will not rest; because trouble has arrived."

because though he wounds, but then applies bandages; though he strikes, his hands still heal.

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Which are turbid because of ice
And into which the snow melts.

Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

Is it because I have said, 'Give to me,' or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?

I hate the thought of living forever! Leave me alone, because my days are pointless."

Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.

Otherwise, I would speak without being terrified of him, because I'm not like that inside myself."

because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

"If I did sin, thou haddest an eye unto me, and shalt not declare me innocent because of mine offense.

""Woe to me if I'm guilty! If I'm innocent, I cannot lift my head, because I am filled with disgrace. Look at my affliction!

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

that he might show thee out of his secret wisdom how manifold his law is! Then shouldest thou know that God had forgotten thee, because of thy sins.

“But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise
[Only] when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down,

“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.

Because your sin dictates your speech, you have chosen the language of the crafty.

“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.

Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;

my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

“My eye has also grown dim because of grief,
And all my members are as a shadow.

The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.

If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’

But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

But if ye will enhance yourselves against me, and accuse me to be a wicked person because of the shame that is come upon me;

"Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends, because God's hand has struck me.

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious are the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that there is a judgment.

Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.

Whenever I hear an insulting rebuke, I respond from my spirit because I understand."

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

“Because he knew no quiet within him,
He does not retain anything he desires.

Because nothing was left for him to devour, therefore his prosperity won't last.

So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?"

To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high,

He will deliver the guilty, and he will escape because of the cleanness of your hands."

Also -- to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.

That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.

They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter.

Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

because morning likewise is to them deep darkness; indeed, they know about [the] terrors of deep darkness.

Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And their widows will not be able to weep.

Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.

Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.

Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.

Yet no one would stretch out his hand
against a ruined man
when he cries out to him for help
because of his distress.

because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

whose sides thanked me not, because he was warmed with the wool of my sheep?

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate,

For a dread unto me is calamity from God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him --

No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers."

Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

These three men stopped responding to Job, because he was claiming to be righteous, in his own opinion.

and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God;

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

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.

Barachel's son Elihu from Buz responded and said: "I'm younger than you are. Because you're older, I was terrified to tell you what I know.

lest ye should praise yourselves, to have found out wisdom: because it is God that hath cast him out, and no man.

“Shall I wait, because they do not speak,
Because they stop and no longer answer?

because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.

Why do thou strive against him because he does not give of any of his matters?

If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, because I'd be happy to vindicate you.

Because he says, "There's no profit for a man to find joy with God.'"

because he repays a person for his behavior; and according to a person's conduct, he lets it happen to him.

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

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

“Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.

My Father! let Job be tried -- unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

because he has been adding rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and keeps on ranting against God."

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.