"Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!

Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?

With Job's three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

"Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

Will it make a pact with you, so you could take it as your slave for life?

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.