Then Satan answered Yahweh 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.

Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

Does [the] wild ass bray over grass, or [the] ox bellow over its fodder?

How painful are {upright words}! But what does {your reproof} reprove?

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

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

Does God pervert justice, {or} Shaddai pervert righteousness?

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

[He is the one] who does great things {beyond understanding} and marvelous things {beyond number}.

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

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

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

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

{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.

Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,

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

His archers surround me; he slashes open my kidneys, and he does not have compassion; he pours out my gall on the ground.

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

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

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

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

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

And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?

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

"But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

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

[He] feeds on [the] barren, [who] does not have a child, and does no good to [the] widow.

Is there a number to his troops? And upon whom does his light not rise?

"[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?

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

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

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?

"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];

If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}.

"Surely God does not hear an empty plea, and Shaddai does not regard it.

But now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not acknowledge the transgression at all,

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.

He does not keep [the] wicked alive but grants justice [to the] afflicted.

He does not withdraw his eyes from [the] righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.

After it, his voice roars; it thunders {with his majestic voice}, and he does not restrain it when his voice is heard.

"God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.

[As for] Shaddai, we cannot attain him; [he is] exalted [in] power, and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.

Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any {who think that they are wise}."

It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.

It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword.

"Does [the] hawk soar by your wisdom? Does it spread its wings to [the] south?

Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high?

Reaching it [with the] sword does not avail, [nor] [with the] spear, [the] dart, or [the] javelin.