Then Job arose and tore his outer garment and shaved his head; {then} he fell upon the ground and he worshiped.

When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him [because of his disfigurement], they raised their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe [in grief] and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky [in sorrow].

that his children were without prosperity or health; that they were slain in the door, and no man to deliver them;

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

“Behold this; we have investigated it, and it is true.
Hear and heed it, and know for yourself [for your own good].”

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?

He will not give me to draw in my spirit, for he will fill me with bitterness.

If men will speak of strength, he is the strongest of all; if men will speak of righteousness, who dare be my record?

If I will justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I will put forth my self for a perfect man, he shall prove me a wicked doer.

The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

If I be then a wicked doer, why have I laboured in vain?

Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; [I am] filled [with] shame, and [just] look [at] my misery!

He would show you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.

Though he turn all things upside down, close them in, or thrust them together, who dare check him therefore?

“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might;
He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

True wisdom and power belong to Him.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.

And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish
And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.

“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];
The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,
And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

"He tore me apart when I was at ease; grabbing me by my neck, he shook me to pieces then he really made me his target.

My breath faileth, my days are shortened. I am hard at death's door.

My days have slipped by;
my plans have been ruined,
even the things dear to my heart.

“You who tear yourself apart in anger,
Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock to be moved out of its place?

“And if it were true that I have erred,
My error would remain with me [and I would be conscious of it].

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly.

For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?

Who dare reprove him for his ways to his face? Who rewardeth him for the ungraciousness that he doth?

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

And he drew the mighty in his power: he will rise up and none shall be sure in living.

If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar
and show that my speech is worthless?

How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

Hath he such pleasure and delight in the Almighty, that he dare always call upon God?

This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

They plucked mallow among the shrubs,
and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

They tear up my path;
they contribute to my destruction,
without anyone to help them.

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

“The stranger has not lodged in the street,
Because I have opened my door to the traveler.

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, "I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn't dare show you my opinion.

My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

To whom hath he given his heart, for to draw his spirit and breath unto him?

He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

True are my words, and no lie: and the knowledge wherewithal I argue against thee, is perfect.

Then He declares to them [the true character of] their deeds
And their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and notions of self-sufficiency].

“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]
And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.

"Indeed, he drew you away from the brink of distress to a spacious place without constraints, filling your festive table with bountiful food.

"Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of [the] presence of darkness.

Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

"Do you know [the] time when [the] goats of [the] rocks give birth? Do you observe [the] doe deer's giving birth?

“He sways his tail like a cedar;
The tendons of his thighs are twisted and knit together [like a rope].

He is the foremost of God’s works;
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

Under [the] lotus tree it lies, in [the] hiding place of [the] reeds and [in the] marsh.

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

Who dare lay a hand on him openly, and undertake to catch him? Or, who dare put a hook through his nose, and lay a snare for him?

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.

If any man draw out a sword at him, it shall not hurt him: there may neither spear, javelin, nor breast plate abide him.

He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree.