Since I will be found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?

He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes
and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

Gold and glass do not compare with it,
and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.

If I placed my confidence in gold
or called fine gold my trust,

Job opens his mouth in vain
and multiplies words without knowledge.

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.