He ill-treats the women who bear no children; and does no good to the widow.

“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are treated as stubble by him.

{I refused} to touch [them]; they [are] like {food that will make me ill}.

All darkness shall be laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall consume him; it shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

“His sons favor the poor [and pay his obligations],
And his hands give back his [ill-gotten] wealth.

“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will drive them out of his belly.

“He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains];
The viper’s tongue slays him.

“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

Those who live in my house and my maidservants, too! treat me like a stranger; they think I'm a foreigner.

Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.

“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]?
Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?