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And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

As the princes that have great substance of gold, and their houses full of silver.

Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.


“His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin],
They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate,
And there is no one to rescue them.

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

"What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him},

"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

If one wanted to take Him to court,
he could not answer God once in a thousand times.

He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?


“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court and judgment together.


“Shall a multitude of words not be answered?
And should a talkative man [making such a long-winded defense] be acquitted?

If He passes by and throws someone in prison
or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.


“He makes [great and scheming] counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.


“He makes nations great, and He destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and leads them away [captive].

"Look, now! I've prepared my case for court. I know that I'm going to win.

"How great are my misdeeds and sins? Let me know my transgressions and offenses.

A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

He won't look at the rivers the torrents of honey and curd.

But he shall labour, and yet have nothing to eat. Great travail shall he make for riches, but he shall not enjoy them.


“Because he knew no quietness or calm within him [because of his greed],
He does not retain anything he desires.

Nothing escaped his devouring greed, - For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue:


“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].

When he is brought to [the] grave, then someone stands guard over [the] tomb.

Does He correct you and take you to court
because of your piety?

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?


“Now yield and submit yourself to Him [agree with God and be conformed to His will] and be at peace;
In this way [you will prosper and great] good will come to you.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.


“They crowd the needy off the road;
The poor of the land all hide themselves.

By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;

He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.

The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

Out of drops bringeth he great floods together, and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light.

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

{A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land.

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

"A wretched crowd ambushes me to my right; they trip my feet; they build up their path of calamity for me.

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

For how great a portion shall I have of God from above? And what inheritance from the Almighty on high?

If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in him the gate of my court,

Did I ever greatly regard the rising of the sun? Or, had I the going down of the moon in great reputation?

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Behold, this thou wert not just: I will answer thee, for God will be great above man.

Why do you take Him to court
for not answering anything a person asks?

God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should approach Him in court.

He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

Oh, how Job needs to be given a full court trial, as a rebuke to those who practice evil,

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?

"There is a great cry and complaint made by them that are oppressed with violence; yea, every man complaineth upon the cruel arm of tyrants.

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

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

"O consider how great and excellent his works be, whom all men love and praise:

We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

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

Wilt thou bring forth the twelve signs in its time? and the great bear and his sons, wilt thou guide them?

Moreover, canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that they may pour down a great rain upon thee?

How their young ones grow up and wax great through good feeding?

Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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

See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Can you put a cord through his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?

I will not keep secret his great strength, his power, nor his comely proportion.