My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,

Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.

They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --

For years few in number shall pass, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.

He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;

In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.

But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.

And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.