But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

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

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

It would weigh more than the sand on the seashore! Here's why I've talked so rashly:

They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded.

“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].

Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?

"Come here now, all of you, and I won't find a wise person among you.

"For the same cause do my thoughts compel me to answer. And why? My mind is tossed here and there.

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

She cannot be gotten for the most fine gold, neither may the price of her be bought with any money.

No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onyx stones, no Sapphire may be compared unto her.

There is nothing so worthy, or so excellent, as once to be named unto her: for perfect wisdom goeth far beyond them all.

The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.

Destruction and death say, 'We have heard tell of her with our ears.'

But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.

Then did he see her, then declared he her, prepared her and knew her.

Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from infancy I guided her),

"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

“Behold, I have opened my mouth [to begin my speech];
My tongue in my mouth is going to speak.

and said, "You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?

For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain is her labour without fear.

For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

What time, on high, she vibrateth her wings, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.

“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

She dwells on the cliff, and makes her home upon the point of the cliff and the stronghold.

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.