But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!

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.

but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

and sat with Job on the ground for a full week without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish.

Let that day become darkness; may God not seek it from above, nor may daylight shine on it.

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.

Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.

Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;

“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;

See how happy the man is God corrects;
so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone.

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed
And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!

“Indeed, you have now become such,
You see a terror and are afraid.

Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.

My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

“Now please look at me,
And see if I lie to your face.

“Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.

“The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

I can see no remedy. I shall live no more. O spare me then, for my days are but vain.

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

“If you would seek God
And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

For ask now to the first generation, and prepare to seek their fathers:

“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,
And he gazes at a house of stones.

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!

“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And from out of the dust others will spring up and grow [to take his place].

Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

If one were to seek to argue with him, he won't be able to answer him even once in a thousand times.

“Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet I would not answer; I seek mercy for my judgment.

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.

Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,
To despise and reject the work of Your hands,
And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

‘Have You eyes of flesh?
Or do You see as a man sees?

That You should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?

Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

If I have done wickedly -- woe to me, And righteously -- I lift not up my head, Full of shame -- then see my affliction,

And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

“For He knows false men,
And He sees iniquity without investigating.

You'll be secure, because there is hope; you'll see that you're at rest and safe.

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?

Lo, all -- hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it.

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

I shew thee -- hearken to me -- And this I have seen and declare:

But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

They turned night into day
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?

Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:

He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

I am strange to my women-servants, and seem to them as one from another country.

And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:

Whom I -- I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.

He perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.

His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.

He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.

Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.

His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

The runoff from the streams will seem sweet to him; everyone will follow after him; countless crows march ahead of him.

Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

see that their increase shall be hewn down, and their posterity consumed with fire.

If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

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

See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

To the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not.

Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.

whereas they, notwithstanding, are rebellious and disobedient enemies: which seek not his light and way, nor turn again in to his path.

“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.

He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion will be cursed in the earth: he will not see the way of the vineyards.

See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:

He holdeth back his stool, that it can not be seen, and spreadeth his clouds before it.

See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

Lo, ye -- all of you -- have seen, And why is this -- ye are altogether vain?

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

The darkness shall once come to an end: he can seek out the ground of all things; the stones, the dark, and the shadow of death.