In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.

But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.

If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.

If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, 'I have never seen you!'

he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,

that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

"Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!

"Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.

"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.

My offenses would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sin.

Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

"I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,

People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot -- a son of man, who is only a worm!"

If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

"As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse --

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: "I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.

to turn a person from his sin, and to cover a person's pride.

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

For he adds transgression to his sin; in our midst he claps his hands, and multiplies his words against God."

If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

For to the snow he says, 'Fall to earth,' and to the torrential rains, 'Pour down.'

But now, the sun cannot be looked at -- it is bright in the skies -- after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,

But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.