And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

Their harvest the hungry eats, and takes it even out of the thorns; and the snare swallows up their wealth.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Behold, He takes away; who can turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?

who will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear make me afraid;

Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

He removes the speech of the men of trust, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.

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

Yea, you do away with fear, and take away prayer before God.

I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.

The trap shall take him by the heel, and the noose shall hold sway over him.

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

And if I remember, I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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 from the poor.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

As God lives, He has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty has made my soul bitter.

For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?

Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is melted out of the stone.

And now my soul is poured out within me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me.

For I do not know how to eulogize; else after a little my Maker would take me away.

For God speaks once, yea, twice, but not one takes notice.

For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right;

In a moment they die, and a people are shaken at midnight and pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without a hand.

For has any said to God, I have taken away; I will not pervert?

But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold;

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth; that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

that you should take it to its boundary, and that you should know the paths to its house?

Shall any take him before his eyes, or pierce through his nose with cords?

Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant for ever?

Who can take off the surface of his skin; who can come to him with his double bridle?

And now take to yourselves seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. And My servant Job will pray for you. Surely I will lift up his face so as not to do with you according to your foolishness, in that you have not spoken of Me what is right, like My servant Job.