{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}.

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

How painful are {upright words}! But what does {your reproof} reprove?

"What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him},

[If] I have sinned, what have I done to you, watcher of humanity? Why have you made me as a target for yourself, so that I have become a burden to myself?

"Indeed, please inquire of former generations, and consider {what their ancestors have found},

{If} he would snatch away, who could turn him? Who could say to him, 'What are you doing?'

{It is higher than the heaven}; what can you do? [It is] deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

{What you know}, I myself also know-- I [am] not more inferior than you.

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

What do you know that we do not know? [What] do you understand that [is] not clear to us?

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

"I will show you, listen to me; and what I have seen, I will tell--

what wise men have told, and they have not hidden [that which is] from their ancestors,

[Is there] a limit to windy words? What provokes you that you answer?

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

Who [is] Shaddai that we should serve him, or what would we benefit when we plead with him?'

for what {does he care for} his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

Who denounces his way to his face? And who repays him [for what] he has done?

And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?

[Those] who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'

I want to know [the] words [with which] he would answer me, and I want to understand what he would say to me.

For he will carry out {what he appoints for me}, and many [things] like these [are] with him

How you have advised {one who has no wisdom}! And [what] sound wisdom you have made known {in abundance}!

for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?

Moreover, {what use to me is the strength of their hands}? With them, vigor is destroyed.

And what [is] the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?

then what shall I do when God rises up? And when he enquires, how shall I answer him?

"Look, I waited for your words; I listened for your insight, until you searched out {what to say}.

My words [declare] my heart's uprightness, and my lips sincerely speak {what my lips know}.

"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what [is] good--

What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.

teach me yourself {what I cannot see}; if I have done wrong, I will not repeat [it]'?

{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.

If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit {by refraining from my sin}?'

If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And [if] your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

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

And what's more, he allured you {out of distress} [into] a broad place, [where] in place of it [was] no constraint; and [what] was set on your table is full of fatness.

His thundering tells about him; [the] livestock also [tell] {concerning what rises}.

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

On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

"Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

{And then} after Yahweh spoke these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "{My wrath has been kindled} against you and against [the] two of your friends, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has].

{So then}, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for {I will certainly accept his prayer}, so that it will not be done with you [according to your] folly, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has]."