In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.

If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?

Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.

When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;

How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?

If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

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

Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?

And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.

If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.

I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

And Elihu went on to say,

Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.

For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?

When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries.

Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.