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But I would speak to Shaddai, and I desire to argue with God.

Verse ConceptsReasoned ArgumentSuing God

"But you {whitewash with lies}; all of you [are] {worthless healers}.

Verse ConceptsdoctorsLying, Examples OfUseless PeopleFake FriendsValue

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

"But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

Verse ConceptsCondition Of The Spirit

For then you would count my steps, [but] you would not keep watch over my sin.

Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSteps Of The Saints

"But a mountain falls; it crumbles away, and a rock moves away from its place.

Verse ConceptsAbrasionMountains RemovedNature DecayingMoving To A New Place

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

Verse ConceptsThe Honourable Will Be HonouredThose Who Were Ignorant

But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.

Verse ConceptsProgressSpiritual VitalitySpiritual ProgressPersevering To The EndMoving On

But {all of you must return}--{please come}! But I shall not find a wise [person] among you.

I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must {personally} plead with him.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsServants, BadBeggingOthers Not AnsweringExamples Of Bad Servants

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,

Verse ConceptsDecayworms

His bones were full of his vigor, but it will lie down with him on [the] dust.

Verse ConceptsYouthFruits Of SinFreshness Of YouthEarly DeathLife Cut Short

He swallows riches, but he vomits them [up]; God drives them out from his stomach.

Verse ConceptsGetting RichFinancesA Fool And His Money Shall PartWealth And Prosperity

"He will flee from an iron weapon, [but] an arrow of bronze will pierce him.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsIronSteel

"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyGod On HighThings On High

Yet he himself filled up their houses [with] good [things], but [the] schemes of [the] wicked are repugnant to me.

Verse ConceptsGiving Good ThingsMan's Counsel

[The] righteous see, and they rejoice, but [the] innocent [one] mocks at them.

Would he contend with me in [the] greatness of [his] strength? No, but he himself would give heed to me.

Verse ConceptsPenitentWill God Pay Attention?

{When he works} [on the] left, {I cannot perceive} [him]; he turns to [the] right, but I cannot see [him].

Verse ConceptsNorthSouthTurning To Right And Left

"But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod, Purpose OfGod Is UnchangeableAuthority, Belonging To GodGod Is OneGod Works His Will

Between their terraces they press out oil; they tread [the] presses, but they are thirsty.

Verse ConceptsCrushingOilWinepressTreading Grapescrushes

He gives security to him, and he is supported, but his eyes [are] upon their ways.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleSin, Known To GodGod Seeing All People

He goes to bed [with] wealth, but {he will do so no more}; he opens his eyes, and {it is gone}.

Verse ConceptsDrawbacks To Riches

[As for the] earth, from it comes food, but underneath it, it is turned up as [by] fire.

Verse ConceptsEarth, God SustainingFood Defined

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

Verse ConceptsStudyWhere Are Things?Wisdom

"But now [those] younger than I, as far as days, laugh at me, whose fathers I rejected for setting with the dogs of my sheep and goats.

Verse ConceptsdogsMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRidicule, Objects OfDisrespect For Old AgeDerisionDisdainFun

"But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them.

Verse ConceptsBywordMockerySongsjoking

I cry to you for help, but you do not answer me; I stand, and you [merely] look at me.

Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernDoubtGod Not Answering

I go [about] in mourning garb, [but] not in sunlight; I stand up in the assembly, [and] I cry for help.

Verse ConceptsBlackBeggarsThe SunBeggingBlack PeopleCrying For HelpSunshine

Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite {spoke up} and said, "{I am young}, but you are old; therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.

Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifeYouthLimitations Of Youth

But he did not direct [his] words to me, and I will not answer him with your words.

Verse ConceptsOthers Not Answering

"But now, please hear my speeches, Job, and hear all my words.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

Verse ConceptsIs God Unjust?Plea Of Innocence

"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGod, Revelation OfSilenceGod HidingGod Being SilentWork Ethic

There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}.

Verse ConceptsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedGod Not Answeringarrogance

But now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not acknowledge the transgression at all,

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyGuidance, God's Promises OfGod, Impartiality OfMighty One

He does not keep [the] wicked alive but grants justice [to the] afflicted.

Verse ConceptsRightsGod Is JustNot Maintaining LifeGod Judges The Wicked

He does not withdraw his eyes from [the] righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.

Verse ConceptsRighteous, TheGod Seeing The RighteousPeople Of The Kingdom

But if they do not listen, they perish by [the] sword, and they pass away without knowledge.

Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance OfDangers Of Ignorance

But you are obsessed with [the] judgment of [the] wicked; judgment and justice take hold of you.

Verse ConceptsCondemnation Of The Wicked

and I said, 'You shall come up to here, but you shall not go further, and here it will set [a boundary] {for your proud surging waves}'?

Verse ConceptsWavesDivine Power Over NatureMighty in its influenceThe Ocean

Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; even twice, but I will not proceed."

Verse ConceptsSpeaking Again

'Who [is] this darkening counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I uttered, but I did not understand; {things too wonderful for me}, but I did not know.

Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfUnderstandingNot Understanding Other ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

{But as for me}, through the abundance of your steadfast love I will enter your house. I will bow down toward {your holy temple} in awe [of] you.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBowingAttitudes Of ReverenceCeremoniesMagnifying GodPrayer, And WorshipReverence, And God's NatureBowing Before GodThe First Templegreatnessreverence

But let all who take shelter in you rejoice. Let them ever sing for joy, {because} you spread protection over them; And let those [who] love your name exult in you.

Verse ConceptsJoy, Of IsraelSingingSpiritual VitalityLove Towards God, Results InRejoicingShouting For JoyGod Being Our Defenceshelter

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish [the] righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfImagination, Inward DesiresGod Testing PeopleGod Establishes UsGod Knowing the Human HeartEmotionswickednessmotives

[But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSorrowSympathyUnhappinessAfflictions, Consolation DuringChoosing God's WayGod Helpsrehabilitation

In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourEvil AssociationsSwearing OathsDespising PeopleThe Honourable Will Be HonouredHurtSwearinghurting

They confronted me on the day of disaster, but Yahweh was my support.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationCalamityGod Supporting

To [the] pure you show yourself pure. but to [the] wicked you show yourself shrewd.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualTwisted WaysGod Is PureGood ReboundingBeing Yourselfmyself

They cried out but there was no rescuer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

Verse ConceptsGod Not AnsweringNo One Can Save

O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightNightGod Not Answering

But you, O Yahweh, do not remain distant. O my help, hasten to help me.

Verse ConceptsGod Help!Hurrying Others On

because he has not despised nor abhorred [the] affliction of [the] afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHope, Results OfAbusive MarriagesDisdainGod HidingGod Paid Attention To ThemAfflictionsBelittling

But as for me, I had said in my prosperity, "I shall not be moved ever."

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceSelf RespectSelf DelusionNot Moved

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.

Verse ConceptsUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedPeople StumblingNot Knowing PeopleRejoicing In Evil

For they do not speak peace, but against [the] quiet [ones] of [the] land they plan deceitful words.

Verse ConceptsClaimsDeception In Fallen Human NatureQuietnessPeace, In The WickedDeceitful TonguesNo Peace

For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh-- they will possess [the] land.

Verse ConceptsEternal Deathevil, warnings againstHope, In GodHope, Results OfInheritanceWaiting On The Lordcutting

And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.

Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away

For [the] arms of [the] wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh supports [the] righteous.

Verse ConceptsBones BrokenSustaining ProvidenceGod SupportingSupport

But [the] wicked will perish, and the enemies of Yahweh [will be] like [the] splendor of [the] pastures. They vanish; in smoke they vanish.

Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSmokeDisappearanceThe Wicked Will PerishPurity Of New CreationsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

For those blessed [by] him shall possess [the] land, but those cursed [by] him shall be cut off.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentBlessing And Curse

Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPeople Passing AwaySeeking But Not Finding People

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessdisabilitiesMutenessSpiritual DeafnessIndividuals Being SilentUnhearingnegativity

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