It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

“Gold and glass cannot equal wisdom,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.

“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it,
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.'

If only I could be as in months gone by,
in the days when God watched over me,

Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

They have broken down my path, they gain by my trouble; they have no helper.

Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.

My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Gone before me have days of affliction.

Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry.

"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?

If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,

For it is a fire that devours to the Place of Ruin, and it would root out all my gain.

For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

For if I had feared any great multitude of people, or if I had been despised of the simple; Oh then should I have been afraid. Thus have I quietly spent my life, and not gone out at the door.

Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;
words have left them.

I must speak so that I can find relief;
I must open my lips and respond.

“Answer me, if you can;
Set yourselves before me, take your stand.

His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

Can one who hates justice really govern? And if God is righteous and mighty, can you condemn him?

Can one say to a king, "You're vile!' or to nobles, "You're wicked!'?

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.

"He strikes the wicked among them in a place where they can be seen

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

If I have gone amiss, inform me: if I have done wrong, I will leave off.

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.

Can your wealth or all your physical exertion
keep you from distress?

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

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

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

His thunder roars after it; his majestic voice will thunder; and no one can trace them once his voice has been heard.

God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can't comprehend.

So then the wild-beast hath gone into covert, and, in its lairs, doth it remain.

“Can you, with Him, spread out the sky,
Strong as a molten mirror?

Teach us what we shall tell him, for we can't make our case by reason of darkness.

Should He be told that I want to speak?
Can a man speak when he is confused?

And now men can not look on the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passes, and clears them.

“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].

We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

Therefore humanity fears him, which none of the wise can quite comprehend."

Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

so you can lead it back to its border?
Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

“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?

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

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

“Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve?

“Can you count the months that they carry offspring,
Or do you know the time when they give birth?

Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.

“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?

Can you trust it because its strength [is] great, or will you hand your labor over to it?

Can you rely on it that it will return your grain and [that] it will gather [it] to your threshing floor?

“Yet when she lifts herself on high,
[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.

Can you make him leap like the locust, and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying?

“With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground,
And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.

When the trumpet blasts he'll neigh, "Aha! Aha!' From a distance he can sense war, the war cry of generals, and their shouting."

He abideth in the stony rocks, and upon the high tops of hard mountains, where no man can come.

"Can he that striveth with the Almighty be at rest? Should not he which disputeth with God, give him an answer?"

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.

I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
twice, but now I can add nothing.

Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?

“Have you an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?

Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

“Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,
Or pierce his nose with barbs [to trap him]?

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?

“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose
Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Will he make a covenant with you
so that you can take him as a slave forever?

Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash for your girls?

“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

“Who has first given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?]

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.

His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.

If one attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.

“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

For who can keep his own counsel so secret, but it shall be known? Therefore have I spoken unwisely, seeing these things are so high, and pass mine understanding.

For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

Kiss the son before he becomes angry, and you die where you stand. Indeed, his wrath can flare up quickly. How blessed are those who take refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm, when he fled from his son Absalom.

Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?”
Look on us with favor, Lord.

For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.

The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight;
You hate all who do evil.

Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?