And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold, all that is to him in thy hand: only upon him thou shalt not send. forth thy hand. And the adversary will go forth from the face of Jehovah.

But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

because it shut not up the womb that bare me. For then should these sorrows have been hid from mine eyes.

Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
like infants who never see daylight?

That should be joy to the man whose way is hid, which God keepeth back from him.

Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?

Behold, happy the man God shall rebuke him: and thou shalt not reject the correction of the Almighty:

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

For then should it be heavier than the sand of the sea.

That which is unsavory, shalt it be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

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

No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

“What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?
And that You are concerned about him?

“And that You examine him every morning
And try and test him every moment?

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

Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?

If thou shalt seek to God, if thou shalt make supplication to him;

If thou wouldest live a pure and godly life; should he not wake up unto thee immediately, and give thee the beauty of righteousness again?

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

If he should swallow him down from his place, and it lied upon it: I saw thee not

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

“If one should want to contend or dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

"{If} he passes by me, {I would not see him}; and [if] he should move on, {I would not recognize him}.

How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him?

If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--

If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me, - I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.

I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!

“I am accounted wicked and held guilty;
Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?

“If I should wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.

‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,
To despise and reject the work of Your hands,
And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

That You should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?

O remember, I beseech thee, how that thou madest me of the mould of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust again.

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

‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.

So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, {and no eye should have seen me}.

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Searching shalt thou and God? Shalt thou find the Almighty even to completeness?

For it is he that knoweth the vanity of men. He seeth their wickedness also; should he not then consider it?

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

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

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

“Will not His majesty terrify you,
And will not the dread of Him fall upon you?

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.

“How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]?
Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.

Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;

If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:

If a man die, shall he live again ? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Shalt thou be the firm man born? and hadst thou a beginning before the hills?

Shalt thou hear in the consultation of God? and wilt thou reserve wisdom to thyself?

That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

unto whom only the land was given, that no stranger should come among them.

Running and charging headlong against Him
With his ornamented and massive shield;

And he has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities,
In houses which no one should inhabit,
Which were destined to become heaps [of ruins];

Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you should answer?

I could speak as ye do also. But would God, that your soul were in my soul's stead: then should I heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!

How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.

Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

You who tear yourself in anger—
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?

Wherefore should ye persecute me as GOD? and, with my flesh, should not he satisfied?

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

For the evil one will be spared for the day of destruction; they shalt be led away to the day of wraths

How then should ye comfort me with vanity, since, as for your replies, there lurketh, in them treachery?

Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?

Should such one then as useth violence, wrong and oppression, doing all things of partiality, and having respect of persons, dwell in the land?

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

Shouldest thou then see no darkness? Should not the water flood run over thee?