My skin is become black and falleth off me, and my bones are parched with heat.

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

“For it is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (destruction, ruin, final torment);
And [illicit passion] would burn and rage and uproot all my [life’s] increase [destroying everything].

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn't he? Didn't the same one prepare each of us in the womb?"

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

(But from my youth He grew up with me as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

If only I had someone to hear my case!
Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.
Let my Opponent compose His indictment.

If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

For when I had waited till ye made an end of your talking, and heard your wisdom, what arguments you made in your communication;

Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst.

Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,

For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.

“However, Job, please listen to my words,
And pay attention to everything I say.

Behold, I will open my mouth, and my tongue shall speak out of my jaws.

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Look, dread of me should not terrify you, and my hand will not be heavy upon you.

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

"I'm pure. I'm without sin; I'm innocent. I'm harboring no iniquity inside of me.

Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

"Behold, unto these unreasonable words of thine will I make answer. Should God be reproved of man?

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And keep him from pride;

He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],
And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

so that his life is sick of bread, and his soul desirable food.

His flesh wasteth away out of sight, and bared are the bones once unseen;

“Then his soul draws near to the pit [of destruction],
And his life to those who bring death (the destroyers).

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Then the angel is gracious to him, and says,
‘Spare him from going down to the pit [of destruction];
I have found a ransom [a consideration, or reason for redemption, an atonement]!’

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:

He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness.

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],
And my life shall see the light.’”

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

For the ear will try words, and the palate will taste of food

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.

What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

Who gave Him authority over the earth?
Who put Him in charge of the entire world?

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

“Shall one who hates justice [and is an enemy of right] govern?
And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty?

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

[In] a moment they die, and [in] the middle of [the] night [the] people are shaken, and they pass away, and they take away [the] mighty {effortlessly}.

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;