And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Whence comest thou? And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and wandering about therein.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one revering God and avoiding evil?

Hast not, thou thyself, made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? The work of his hands, thou hast blessed, and, his substance, hath broken forth in the land.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Whence comest thou? And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from wandering about therein.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand, - only, his life, preserve thou!

Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast thine integrity? Curse God, and die!

And he said unto her, As one of the base women speaketh, speakest thou? Blessing, shall we accept from God, and, misfortune, shall we not accept? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips.

If one attempt a word unto thee, wilt thou be impatient? But, to restrain speech, who, can endure?

Lo! thou hast admonished many, and, slack hands, hast thou been wont to uphold:

Him that was stumbling, have thy words raised up, and, sinking knees, hast thou strengthened.

But, now, it cometh upon thee, and thou despairest, It smiteth even thee, and thou art dismayed.

Call, I pray thee - is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?

Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;

During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;

At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;

And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;

And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.

Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.

Lo! as for this, we have searched it out - so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.

Remember thou, that, a wind, is my life, not again shall mine eye see blessing:

Am, I, a sea, or a sea-monster, - That thou shouldst set over me a watch?

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and, by visions, dost thou terrify me:

What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?

That thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him?

How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?

I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?

And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.

How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?

Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, - and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;

If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:

Lo! he snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do?

I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce me innocent.

Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:

I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!

Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone?

Eyes of flesh, hast thou? or, as a mortal seeth, seest thou?

That thou shouldst seek for mine iniquity, and, for my sin, shouldst make search:

Thine own hands, shaped me, and made me, all in unison round about, and yet thou hast confounded me.

Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return.

Didst thou not, like milk, pour me forth? and, as cheese, curdle me?

Life and lovingkindness, thou didst bestow upon me, - and, thy watchful care, preserved my breath.

Yet, these things, thou didst hide in thy heart, I know that, this, hath been with thee!

If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me:

If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.

When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses before me, and dost increase thy vexation with me, Relays - yea an army, is with me.

Wherefore then, from the womb, didst thou bring me forth? I might have breathed my last, and, no eye, have seen me.

Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?

Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.

The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?

The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know?

If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands -

Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.

For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.

And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;

Only, two things, do thou not with me, then, from thy face, will I not hide me: -

Thy hand - from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me!

Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me.

Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee?

A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue?

For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;

And thou dost put - in the stocks - my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound;

And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?

If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me:

Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, - For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.

For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:

Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.

Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:

Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.

But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.

For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.

The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?

In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?

For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth - out of thy mouth - words!

Is there to be an end to windy words? Or what so strongly exciteth thee, that thou must respond?

But, now, hath he wearied me, thou hast destroyed all my family;

Appoint it, I pray thee - be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?

For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.

To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.

Knowest thou, this - from antiquity, from the placing of man upon earth: -

Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock!

Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways?

Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

No water - to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld broad:

Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

Or darkness - thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.

Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?

The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?

If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,

For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up - unto GOD - thy face;

Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;

And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light;

When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;

He shall deliver the innocent, and thou shalt escape by the pureness of thy hands.

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

How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?

Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?