and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah!

And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.

Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.

He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.

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

I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.

And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

The night pierceth through my bones and detacheth them from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me as a crown;

For I know not how to flatter; my Maker would soon take me away.

If thou canst, answer me; array thy words before me: take thy stand.

For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:

In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.

But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Because there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.

Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap?

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?

And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.