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?

But, in very deed, put forth, I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath, - verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Lo! all that he hath, is in thy hand, only, against himself, do not put forth thy hand. So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, - Thy sons and thy daughters, were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother;

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.

In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh, - verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

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

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

Is not, thy reverence, thy confidence? And is not, thy hope, the very integrity of thy ways?

For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;

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.

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

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

Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,

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

So shall thy beginning appear small, - when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!

At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:

As the days of a mortal, are thy days? or, thy years, as the days of a man?

Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?

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!

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

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

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

If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,

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

And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, - and many shall entreat thy favour.

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!

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

Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!

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

One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger, - For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved out of its place?

Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.

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

Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment?

Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities?

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

Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth - instruction, - and lay up his sayings in thy heart.

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

So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee!

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;

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

Thou art turned to become a cruel one unto me, With the might of thy hand, thou assailest me;

If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before me - take thy stand!

According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!

I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.

If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness reach , and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

Yea he might even have allured thee - out of the mouth of straitness, into a wide space - no narrowness there, - and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.

Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.

That thy garments should be hot when he quieteth the earth from the south?

Gird, I pray thee - like a strong man - thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me:

And said - Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further, - and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?

Since thy days began hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place;

Thou knowest, for, then, hadst thou been born! And, in number, thy days are many!

Canst thou lift up, to the thick cloud, thy voice, and the overflow of waters cover thee?

Will the Wild-Ox be pleased to be thy servant? or lodge for the night by thy crib?

Wilt thou trust in him, because of the greatness of his strength? Wilt thou leave unto him thy toil?

Wilt thou put faith in him, that he will bring back thy seed? and that, corn for thy threshing-floor, he will gather?

Or, at thy bidding, that the Eagle mounteth, and that he setteth on high his nest?

Gird, I pray thee - as a strong man - thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.

Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;

Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens?

Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle - no more!

And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.