So he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

"Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

"{If} he passes by me, {I would not see him}; and [if] he should move on, {I would not recognize him}.

If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--

[If] I shall be [declared] guilty, why then should I labor in vain?

I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.

So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, {and no eye should have seen me}.

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been brought from [the] womb to the grave.

"Should an abundance of words go unanswered, or {a man full of talk} be vindicated?

Should your loose talk put people to silence? {And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame}?

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

"Should [the] wise answer [with] windy knowledge, and should he fill his stomach [with the] east wind?

Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?

{he will dwell} [in] desolate cities, in houses that they should not inhabit, which are destined for rubble.

"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.

Who [is] Shaddai that we should serve him, or what would we benefit when we plead with him?'

Look, dread of me should not terrify you, and my hand will not be heavy upon you.

Should I lie concerning my justice? [Though I am] without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

If he should set his heart to it, and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself,

so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

Remember that you should extol his work, [of] which people have sung.

"Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of [the] presence of darkness.

Should he be told that I want to speak? Or did a man say that he would be communicated with?

Who has come to confront me, that I should repay [him]? Under all the heavens, {it belongs to me}.