{Then when} the days of the feast had run their course, {Job would send}, and he would sanctify them. Thus he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings [according to] the number of all of them, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and {cursed} God in their heart." This is what Job used to do {all the time}.

But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

This is what Job said:

For what reason, were there prepared for me - knees? and why - breasts, that I might suck?

along with kings and counselors of the earth, who used to build for themselves what are now only ruins,

“For what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.

If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

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

What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.

"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!

At least I could still take comfort and rejoice in unceasing anguish, for I didn't conceal what the Holy One has to say.

“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

So this is what you have now become to me.
When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.

Teach me, and I will be silent.
Help me understand what I did wrong.

“How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument prove?

Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?
Can my palate not discern what is destructive?

“What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,

“Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?

“Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

His source of confidence is fragile;
what he trusts in is a spider’s web.

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?

Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

“Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

So how am I to answer him, choosing what I am to say to him?

If I summoned Him and He answered me,
I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

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

What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

"But what if God were to speak? What if he were to talk with you,

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity!

Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

What is he, but he knoweth that the hand of the LORD made all these?

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

He uncovers the hidden dimensions from darkness, bringing what is in deep shadow to light.

“What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

“Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?

Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

For what shall I lift up my flesh in my teeth, and shall I put my soul in my hand?

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

What is he that will go to law with me? For if I hold my tongue, I shall die.

What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

"{What is worse}, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation {before} God.

Your iniquity teaches you what to say,
and you choose the language of the crafty.

What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?

What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?

What is man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;

What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!

Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

and encourage you with what I have to say; my words of comfort would lessen your pain.

If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?

What helpeth then my long tarrying? Or, who will fulfill the thing that I look for?

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;

"How long do you intend to keep torturing me and trying to break me by what you're saying?

And what is more, [if] I have truly erred, my error remains with me.

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.

Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

This is what the wicked person inherits from God; it is the inheritance that God appoints for him."

Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

What is the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

"How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!

For what is his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

“Who will confront him with his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?

How then, can you console me so worthlessly? What is left of your answers is treachery."

Is it any advantage to the Almighty that thou art righteous? Or what doth it profit him, that thy ways are perfect?

And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

“Surely our opponents are destroyed,
and fire has consumed what they left behind.”

Accept what he has to teach you, and treasure his words in your heart.

Then, look what thou takest in hand: he shall make it to prosper with thee, and the light shall shine in thy ways.

I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

“For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.

As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.

And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman?

What -- thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!

What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.

“To whom have you uttered [these] words?
And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you?

Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.