But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.

Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

You must not long for the night, to cut off people {in their place}.

“Take heed and be careful, do not turn to wickedness,
For you have chosen this [the vice of complaining against God] rather than [learning from] affliction.

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

“Remember that you should magnify God’s work,
Of which men have sung.

Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.

Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,
That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

"Then a beast enters its lair and remains in its den.

From the inner chamber cometh a hurricane, And from scatterings winds -- cold,

From the breath of God ice is produced, and a wide body of water is frozen.

Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

And they are turned every way by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the circuit of the earth,

Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.

Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

“Do you know how God establishes and commands them,
And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Yea, thou hast spoiled the ungodly of their light, and broken the arm of the proud.

“Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea
Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?

“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

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

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

“Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?

“Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,
And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her sons?

“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

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

When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck with a mane?

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.