And it happened {one day} {that} the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst.

{And then} one day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh.

For my sighing comes {before} my bread, and my groanings gush forth like water

And a spirit glided before my face; the hair of my flesh bristled.

It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form [was] {before} my eyes; [there was] a hush, and I heard a voice:

While it [is] in its flower [and] is not plucked, yet it withers {before} all grass.

He [is] {thriving} {before} the sun, and his plant shoots spread over his garden.

"Truly I know that [it is] so, but how can a human being be just before God?

Before I go--and I will not return-- to [the] land of darkness and deep shadow,

Look, [though] he kill me, I will hope in him; however, I will defend my ways {before him}.

Moreover, this [is] salvation to me, that [the] godless would not come {before him}.

"{What is worse}, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation {before} God.

"Were you born the firstborn of the human race? And were you brought forth {before} [the] hills?

It will be paid in full {before his time}, and his branch will not flourish.

"And he has made me a proverb for [the] peoples, {and I am one before whom people spit}.

With them their offspring [are] established {before them}, and their descendants before their eyes.

[How often] are they like straw {before} the wind, and like chaff that [the] storm carries away?

[The] clods of [the] valley are sweet to him; everyone will follow after him, and {before} him {they are innumerable}.

who were snatched away {before their time}, whose foundation was washed away [by] a current?

I would lay [my] case {before him}, and I would fill my mouth [with] arguments

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

Sheol [is] naked before him, and there is no covering for Abaddon.

"{O that I were} as [in] the months before, as [in] the days [when] God watched over me,

"If you are able, answer me. Present [your argument] {before me}; take your stand.

Look, before God {I am like you}; I myself was also formed from clay.

"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?

{How much less} [when] you say [that] you do not see him, that [the] case [is] {before him}, and you are waiting for him!

It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword.

[Is] it not fierce when somebody stirs it? Who [then] [is] he [who] would stand {before it}?

"Strength abides in its neck, and dismay dances {before it}.

Then Yahweh returned Job's fortune when he prayed to him on behalf of his friends. Thus Yahweh increased {all that Job had twice as much as before}.

So all his brothers and all his sisters and all [those who] had known him {before} came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house and showed sympathy to him and comforted him for all the disaster that Yahweh had brought upon him. Then each one gave to him one piece of money, and each one [gave to him] one ornamental ring of gold.