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?

What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

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

What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

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

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

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 will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against 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?

They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

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.

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

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

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

What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

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.

May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

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

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

What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?

And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?

I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs

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?

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

For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

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

After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

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

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,

What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.

Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.