And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil?

Have not you made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are increased in the land.

But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God has fallen from heaven, and has burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone am escaped to tell you.

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life.

Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Lo, there hast thou him in thy power, but spare his life."

"Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, 'A man has been conceived!'

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?

For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come unto me.

I am not at ease, and I am not at peace, and I do not have rest, thus turmoil has come."

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;

Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

But now it has come to you, and you are worn out; it touches you, and you are horrified.

"Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn't it? The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn't it?

"{Think} now, who has perished [who is] innocent? Or where [are] the upright destroyed?

What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

And thou hast known that thy tent is peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,

And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

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

Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.

At least I could still take comfort and rejoice in unceasing anguish, for I didn't conceal what the Holy One has to say.

Since I cannot help myself,
the hope for success has been banished from me.

The friend shows gracious love for his friend, even if he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.

The truth can be painful, but what has your argument proven?

My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and has run afresh.

The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more: your eyes are upon me, and I am not.

And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!

If your children have sinned against him, and he has cast them away for their transgression;

Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and has prospered?

It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he, then who is it?

Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone?

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

Thine own hands, shaped me, and made me, all in unison round about, and yet thou hast confounded me.

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

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;

You have granted me life and favor, and your care has preserved my spirit.

And these things hast thou hid in thy heart: I know that this is with thee.

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

Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!

Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.

and [that] he would tell you [the] secrets of wisdom, for {insight has many sides}. And know that God {on your behalf} has forgotten {some of} your guilt.

If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands -

if thou wouldst put away the wickedness which thou hast in hand, so that no ungodliness dwelt in thy house;

For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

For you yourself will forget your misery; you will remember [it] as water [that] has flowed past.

And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;

And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

Who knows not among all these that the hand of the LORD has done this?

With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.

“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a loincloth.

Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

Thou hast put my foot in the stocks: thou lookest narrowly unto all my paths, and markest the steps of my feet.

And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.

And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?

If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

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

"O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

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

"For thou hast numbered all my goings, yet be not thou too extreme upon my sins.

Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.

Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:

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

His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns."

As for shame, thou hast set it aside - else wouldest thou not make so many words before God.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?

Are God's encouragements inconsequential to you, even a word that has been spoken gently to you?

Why has your heart misled you,
and why do your eyes flash

For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

"The wicked person writhes in pain throughout his life, a number of years has been reserved for the ruthless.

He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;

"Because he has covered his face with his fat and has gathered fat upon [his] loins,

He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

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.

Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

Shall not thy vain words come yet to an end? Or, hast thou yet any more to say?

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?