But in response, Satan asked the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?

But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.

Then the Sabeans {attacked}, and they took them, and they slew the servants {by the edge of the sword}. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants {by the edge of the sword}, but I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

And behold, a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house {so that} it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how that he is an innocent and virtuous man such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land? But thou movedst me against him, to punish him: yet is it in vain, for he continueth still in his godliness."

But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but spare his life.

But he said unto her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Thus they lifted up their eyes from afar, but they did not recognize him, so they raised their voice, and they wept, and each man tore his outer garment and threw dust on their heads {toward the sky}.

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

but let it be stained with darkness, and the shadow of death. Let the dim cloud fall upon it, and let it be lapped in with sorrow.

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Who long for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes."

If we venture to converse with you, will you be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

But now it is come upon you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled.

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,
but the fangs of young lions are broken.

But, unto me, something was brought by stealth, - and mine ear caught a whispering of the same:

It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?

[Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}.

"But I myself will seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.

But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

for he himself wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.

But the castles in the land shall be confederate with thee, and the beasts of the field shall give thee peace.

But Job answered and said,

Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

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

But it will still be my consolation, and I would recoil in {unrelenting} pain, for I have not denied [the] words of [the] Holy One.

To him that is afflicted pity should be shown from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow.

But they that fear the hoarfrost, the snow shall fall upon them.

But then the snow melts, and they disappear; when warmed, they evaporate from their stream beds.

They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

Even so are ye also come unto me: but now that ye see my misery, ye are afraid.

How forceful are right words! but what does your arguing prove?

“Do you intend to reprove my words [with a convincing argument],
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind [and go ignored]?

But ye will cause the orphans to fall, and ye will dig for your friend.

But now, please look at me;
would I lie to your face?

Even so have I laboured whole months long - but in vain - and many a careful night have I told.

When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I rise?' But [the] night is long, and I have my fill of tossing until dawn.

Remember that my life is but a breath.
My eye will never again see anything good.

The eye of [the one] seeing me will not see me; your eyes [are] upon me, but {I will be gone}.

Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk.

But then you scared me with dreams; you terrified me with visions.

I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,

Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

No: but before it be shot forth, and before it be gathered, it withereth; before any other herb.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

But if it be taken out of its place, every man denieth it, saying, 'I know thee not.'

They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just before God?

Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not.

He is God, whose wrath no man may withstand: but the proudest of all must stoop under him.

For, though I were righteous, yet could I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

If {it is a matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’

"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.

But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

and will say unto God: O do not condemn me; but show me the cause, wherefore thou contendest so with me.

"Your hands have shaped me and made me, but now you destroy me completely.

Please remember that you made me like clay, but you turn me into dust [again]?

"But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you:

If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; [I am] filled [with] shame, and [just] look [at] my misery!

But if I do lift up my head, you will hunt me like a lion! You will perform miracles in order to fight against me.

I wish I had never existed
but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

yea, into a land as dark as darkness itself, and into the shadow of death where is none order; but light there is as darkness."

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you;

But {an empty-headed person} will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born [as] a human being.

But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as one dying.

"No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knows not such things as these?

"I'm a laughingstock to my friends, someone who called on God. But then he answered this upright and blameless man, and I have become a laughingstock.

{Those at ease have contempt} for [the] thought of {disaster}, [but it is] ready for those unstable of foot.

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:

What is he, but he knoweth that the hand of the LORD made all these?

“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might;
He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

He makes nations great, and then destroys them; he enlarges nations, but then sends them away to captivity.

But I would speak to Shaddai, and I desire to argue with God.

But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will defend my own ways before him.

"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man expires, and where is he?