But he replied to her, "You're talking like foolish women do. Are we to accept what is good from God but not tragedy?" Throughout all of this, Job did not sin by what he said.

In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors.

A spirit glided past me and made the hair on my skin to bristle.

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

These things are higher than the heavens, so what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol, so what can you know?

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

Whenever I hear an insulting rebuke, I respond from my spirit because I understand."

Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?

Abaddon and death said, "We did hear a rumor about it.'

then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,

"Look! I have waited to hear your speech, so I listened to your insights while you searched for the right words to say.

"You spoke clearly so I could hear; I've heard what you've said:

"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?

and said, "You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley?

She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand,

She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,

because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.

The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair.