But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

It would weigh more than the sand on the seashore! Here's why I've talked so rashly:

They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded.

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?

"Come here now, all of you, and I won't find a wise person among you.

"For the same cause do my thoughts compel me to answer. And why? My mind is tossed here and there.

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

She cannot be gotten for the most fine gold, neither may the price of her be bought with any money.

No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onyx stones, no Sapphire may be compared unto her.

There is nothing so worthy, or so excellent, as once to be named unto her: for perfect wisdom goeth far beyond them all.

The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.

Destruction and death say, 'We have heard tell of her with our ears.'

But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.

Then did he see her, then declared he her, prepared her and knew her.

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

“Behold, I have opened my mouth [to begin my speech];
My tongue in my mouth is going to speak.

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

When she proudly spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.