Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

May darkness and gloom reclaim it,
and a cloud settle over it.
May an eclipse of the sun terrify it.

I have seen a fool taking root,
but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.

and become darkened because of ice,
and the snow melts into them.

Why not forgive my sin
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

He commands the sun not to shine
and seals off the stars.

If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,

that You look for my wrongdoing
and search for my sin,

if I sin, You would notice,
and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.

“Why did You bring me out of the womb?
I should have died and never been seen.

He would show you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.

But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

Look, my eyes have seen all this;
my ears have heard and understood it.

How many iniquities and sins have I committed?
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

For then You would count my steps
but would not take note of my sin.

Listen to me and I will inform you.
I will describe what I have seen,

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
I have buried my strength in the dust.

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!

All of you have seen this for yourselves,
why do you keep up this empty talk?

No bird of prey knows that path;
no falcon’s eye has seen it.

I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.

let someone else eat what I have sown,
and let my crops be uprooted.

if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing
or a needy person without a cloak,

if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,

I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by asking for his life with a curse.

Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified himself rather than God.

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.

For you ask, “What does it profit You,
and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”

If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?

All mankind has seen it;
people have looked at it from a distance.

For He says to the snow, “Fall to the earth,”
and the torrential rains, His mighty torrential rains,

Now men cannot even look at the sun
when it is in the skies,
after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Have you entered the place where the snow is stored?
Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,

I had heard rumors about You,
but now my eyes have seen You.