Then he said, "Naked I came out from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh's name be blessed."

whose harvest [the] hungry eats, and he takes it {from behind} [the] thorns; and [the] thirsty pants after their wealth.

And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but {I will be no more}."

He will lean himself against his house, but it will not stand; he will take hold of it, but it will not endure.

He deprives [the] trustworthy of speech, and he takes away [the] discretion of elders.

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

Why are we considered as animals? [Why] are we taken as stupid in your eyes?

A trap seizes [him] by [the] heel; a snare takes hold of him.

He has taken my glory from me, and he has removed the crown of my head.

Do you not ask [those] traveling [the] roads, and do you not take notice of their accounts?

But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.

They drive away [the] donkey of orphans; they take [the] widow's ox as a pledge.

"They snatch [the] orphan from [the] breast, and they take a pledge against [the] needy.

for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?

Iron is taken from dust, and he pours out copper [from] ore.

"And now my life is poured out onto me; days of misery have taken hold of me.

{At night I am in great pain}; my pains do not take a rest.

"If you are able, answer me. Present [your argument] {before me}; take your stand.

for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

who {shows no partiality to officials} and [who] {does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant}, for all of them [are] the work of his hands?

[In] a moment they die, and [in] the middle of [the] night [the] people are shaken, and they pass away, and they take away [the] mighty {effortlessly}.

But you are obsessed with [the] judgment of [the] wicked; judgment and justice take hold of you.

Take care, you must not turn to mischief, for because of this you have been tried by misery.

to take hold of the earth's skirts so that the wicked might be shaken off from it?

that you may take it to its territory, and that you might discern the paths to its home?

Can anyone take it by its eyes? Can he pierce [its] nose with a snare?

Will it make a covenant with you? Will you take it as a slave forever?

{So then}, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for {I will certainly accept his prayer}, so that it will not be done with you [according to your] folly, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has]."