His sons used to travel to each other's houses in turn on a regular schedule and hold festivals, inviting their three sisters to celebrate with them.

"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

Others die with a bitter soul, never having tasted the good life.

They're exalted momentarily, but then they are gone; they are humbled, just like all the others. They are cut down like heads of corn.

If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands,

"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself?

Elihu waited to have a word with Job, since the others were older than he,

He shatters valiant men without a need to investigate, and he raises others in their place.

Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them.

Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated.