a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish forever while no one notices.

While still uncut shoots,
they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
while those in the east tremble in horror.

When he fills his stomach,
God will send His burning anger against him,
raining it down on him while he is eating.

Bear with me while I speak;
then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.

Their children are established while they are still alive,
and their descendants, before their eyes.

while the land belonged to a powerful man
and an influential man lived on it.

It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its grasp.

The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”
while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”

the young men saw me and withdrew,
while older men stood to their feet.

if he did not bless me
while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell you what I know.

For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he scornfully claps in our presence,
while multiplying his words against God.

while the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

The hills yield food for him,
while all sorts of wild animals play there.

Can anyone capture him while he looks on,
or pierce his nose with snares?

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His snorting flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.