And the adversary will answer Jehovah and say, Skin for skin, and all which is to a man he will give for his soul.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

"Why did I not die at birth? [Why] did I [not] come forth from [the] womb and expire?

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

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

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.

Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

“His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

Bringing to nought the purposes of the crafty, and their hand shall not do an undertaking.

“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.

They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night.

To a despiser of his friends is shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end {without hope}.

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.

Shall not my short life come so soon to an end? O hold thee from me, let me alone, that I may ease myself a little

before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,
never to return.

"Shouldn't a multitude of words be answered, or a person who talks too much be vindicated?

No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.

Will things go well for you under his cross-examination? Can you lie to him, as you would to a human being?

look away from him, so that he may rest until he shall finish his day, as a hireling.

For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

Shall not thy vain words come yet to an end? Or, hast thou yet any more to say?

God delivers me to an evil one, and he casts me into the hands of [the] wicked.

My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

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

He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?

Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

What will they care for their household after them, when the number of his months comes to an end?"

That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],
Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],
While countless ones go before him.

while the land belonged to a powerful man
and an influential man lived on it.

They are wet from mountain rains; without shelter, they cling to a rock.

How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

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.

With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,

Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?

If my steps have turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked after my eyes, and my hand has clung to a spot,

"If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:

I have told the number of my goings, and delivered them unto him as to a prince.

Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

"If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness

God certainly does all these things
two or three times to a man

For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.

All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, It is the same.

Thy injustice to a man as thou: and thy justice to the son of man.

“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.

Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.

And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,
That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

"Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young?

Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you?

From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

And they go -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite -- and do as Jehovah hath spoken unto them; and Jehovah doth accept the face of Job.