Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

"Why does he give light to one in misery and life to [those] bitter of soul,

who wait for death, but {it does not come}, and search [for] it more than [for] treasures,

[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?

Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error.

how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?

Does not their excellence which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

Who does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:

Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?

Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

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

"Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer?

As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

He does not return again to his house, and his place does not recognize him again.

Thou visitest him early, and every day: and suddenly doest thou try him.

Does God pervert judgment? or does the Almighty pervert justice?

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Do reeds flourish without water?

He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm.
He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,
and He will not support evildoers.

[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.

Who does great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

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

God does not hold back His anger;
Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!

He doesn’t let me catch my breath
but soaks me with bitter experiences.

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

Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?

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

For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.

{I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?

“Now ask the animals, and let them teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character];
And ask the birds of the air, and let them tell you;

Who among all of these does not know that Yahweh's hand has done this?

Does not the ear test words? and the mouth taste its food?

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

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

Doest thou open thine eyes upon such one, and bringest me in thy judgment?

“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

{so} a man lies down, and he does not arise. {Until the heavens are no more}, they will not awaken, and they will not be roused out of their sleep.

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
or fill himself with the hot east wind?

Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

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

Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at,

"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

Look, he does not trust his holy ones, and [the] heavens are not clean in his eyes.

He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

His archers surround me, he slashes my kidneys asunder, and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

Are there not mockers with me? and does not my eye continue in their provocation?

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."

I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must {personally} plead with him.

Why do you persecute me as God does?
Will you never get enough of my flesh?

[though] he spares it and does not let it go [and] holds it back in the midst of his palate,

“He does not look at the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it;
he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.

Because his appetite is never satisfied,
he does not let anything he desires escape.

"Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.

Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.

His bull breeds and does not fail; his cow calves and does not miscarry.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
Does disaster come on them?
Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

for what {does he care for} his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

Does he reprove you because of your reverence [or] enter into judgment with you?

And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

Thick clouds [are] a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on [the] dome of heaven.'

On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.

Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?
Why do those who know Him never see His days?

From [the] city people groan, and [the] throat of [the] wounded cries for help; yet God does not {regard it as unseemly}.

He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those who have sinned.

He evil treats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow.

Is there any number to his armies? and upon whom does not his light arise?

If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in His sight,

“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

"[It is] a path a bird of prey does not know and [the] black kite's eye has not seen.

A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not found in [the] land of the living.

Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

When I cry unto thee, thou doest not hear me: and though I stand before thee, yet thou regardest me not.

"However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest. Days of affliction have come on me.

Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust
and misfortune to evildoers?

Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

Indeed, God speaks in one [way], even in two, [yet] [someone] does not perceive it.

Look, God does all these [things] twice, three times with a person

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

Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

who {shows no partiality to officials} and [who] {does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant}, for all of them [are] the work of his hands?