And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

"[If] someone would test a word with you, would you be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?

The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and, by visions, dost thou terrify me:

What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

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.

Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth?

If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.

Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.

I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive with me.

Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

Hast thou fleshly eyes then, or doest thou look as a man looketh?

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?

Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.

If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,

When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me.

Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare are with me.

By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

Does not [the] ear test words and [the] palate taste food for itself?

Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?

Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth.

Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?

A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;

And thou dost put - in the stocks - my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound;

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,

Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

But truly a mountain falling comes to dust, and a rock is moved from its place;

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.

Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

That -- I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away.

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,

Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

My lips shall talk of no vanity, and my tongue shall speak no deceit,

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.

The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

In the fissures, of the ravines had they to dwell, in holes of dust and crags;

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

Thou dost lift me up, On the wind Thou dost cause me to ride, And Thou meltest -- Thou levellest me.

For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And to the house appointed for all living.

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Hath my heart meddled privily with any deceit? Or, did I ever kiss mine own hand?

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?

By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said - My righteousness is more than GOD'S.

For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?

Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?