for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words have been rash,

"{Therefore} be prepared, turn to me, and I surely will not lie to your face.

It [is all] one; therefore I say, 'He destroys [both the] blameless and [the] wicked.'

Indeed, you have closed their mind from understanding; therefore, you will not let [them] triumph.

"Therefore my disquieting thoughts bring me back {for the sake of} my inward excitement.

{There is nothing left after he has eaten}; therefore his prosperity will not endure.

Therefore trapping nets [are] all around you, and panic suddenly terrifies you,

Therefore, I am horrified because of his presence; [when] I consider, I tremble because of him.

Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite {spoke up} and said, "{I am young}, but you are old; therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.

Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my knowledge myself.'

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns [them] [in the] night {so that} they are crushed.

{therefore} Job opens his mouth in empty talk-- without knowledge he multiplies words."

Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any {who think that they are wise}."

'Who [is] this darkening counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I uttered, but I did not understand; {things too wonderful for me}, but I did not know.

Therefore I despise [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."