And it happened {one day} {that} the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

He said,

“Naked (without possessions) I came [into this world] from my mother’s womb,
And naked I will return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

{And then} one day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh.

But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.

Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

“Behold, let that night be barren [and empty];
Let no joyful voice enter it.

Or that, like an untimely birth hidden away, I had not come into being, like infants that never saw light:

Insomuch that they run into darkness by fair day, and grope about them at the noonday, like as in the night.

Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin - into the balances, they would lift up all at once!

For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

Which are turbid because of ice
And into which the snow melts.

“The paths of their course wind along,
They go up into nothing and perish.

Turn into your own selves, I pray you: be indifferent judges, and consider my guiltlessness:

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

nor turneth again into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

“If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.

“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],
Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

“The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?

Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.

For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:

That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

yea, into a land as dark as darkness itself, and into the shadow of death where is none order; but light there is as darkness."

That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, - -Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.

“If God passes by or arrests,
Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him?
[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]

At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.

With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

He leadeth away the priests into captivity, and turneth the mighty upside down.

“He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.

Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

"Hold your tongues now, and let me speak, for there is something come into my mind.

Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.

Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:

he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

“God hands me over to ruffians
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

I sewed together sackcloth upon my skin, and I thrust my horn into the dust.

But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?

“They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

“Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together go down into the dust?”

For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

“He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.

And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!

Though he be magnified up to the heaven, so that his head reacheth into the clouds:

His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

yet the food in his stomach turns
into cobras’ venom inside him.

He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.

Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

He rewardeth me into my bosom, and many other things more doth he, as he may by his power.

The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.

“In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth;
They do not turn toward the vineyards.

Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

An end, hath one set to the darkness, and, into every extremity, is, he, making search, for the stone of darkness and death-shade;

“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,
[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;
They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.

He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

It cannot be put into the scales against the gold of Ophir, with costly onyx, or sapphire;

The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.

After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:

Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.

Then the angel is gracious to him, and says,
‘Spare him from going down to the pit [of destruction];
I have found a ransom [a consideration, or reason for redemption, an atonement]!’

He shall pray to God and he shall receive him into favor: and he shall see his face with rejoicing, and he will turn back to man his justice.

He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table would be full of fatness.

“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;
And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.

He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,

Into the hand of every man he sealeth, For the knowledge by all men of His work.

And enter doth the beast into covert, And in its habitations it doth continue.

“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;
And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea
Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

"Who divideth the abundance of waters into rivers, or who maketh a way for the stormy weather,

Who hath put - into cloud-forms - wisdom? Or who hath given - to the meteor - understanding?

In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

He diggeth into the plain, and rejoiceth in vigour, he goeth forth to meet armour;