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

So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.

While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withers before any [other] herb.

then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and her I have guided from my mother's womb);

O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!

and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?

Can thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?

For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and warms them in the dust.

She deals hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear,

because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has he imparted understanding to her.

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soars, (and) stretches her wings toward the south?

Is it at thy command that the eagle mounts up, and makes her nest on high?

She dwells on the cliff, and makes her home upon the point of the cliff and the stronghold.

From there she spies out the prey. Her eyes behold it afar off.

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