But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

Surely He knows which people are worthless.
If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it?

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and take your rest in safety.

Then shouldest thou take thy rest, and no man to make thee afraid, yea many one should set much by thee.

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

He takes away the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Would God ye kept your tongue, that ye might be taken for wise men!

Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

Thy hand - from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me!

Do You really take notice of one like this?
Will You bring me into judgment against You?

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

For then You would count my steps
but would not take note of my sin.

Yea, you do away with fear, and take away prayer before God.

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

He shall never come out of darkness, the flame shall dry up his branches, with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken away.

“But now God has exhausted me.
You [O Lord] have destroyed all my family and my household.

I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.

Now as for the one who testifies against his friends to take their property, even the eyes of his children will fail.

Virtuous men therefore shall well consider this, and the innocent shall take part against the hypocrite.

Why are we considered as animals? [Why] are we taken as stupid in your eyes?

For his feet shall be taken in the net, and he is at his wits end.

The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him.

The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.

Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away - like a tree - my hope;

He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

The servants and maids of mine own house take me for a stranger, and I am become as an alien in their sight.

“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not;

The arrow shall be taken forth, and go out at his back; and a glistering sword through the gall of him. Fear shall come upon him.

The heaven shall declare his wickedness, and the earth shall take part against him.

The substance that he hath in his house, shall be taken away and perish, in the day of the LORD's wrath.

Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

Do you not ask [those] traveling [the] roads, and do you not take notice of their accounts?

He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

Does He correct you and take you to court
because of your piety?

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

Take now the law from his mouth, and set his words in thy heart

For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up - unto GOD - thy face;

If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.

But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them.

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry;

From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

And Job will add to take up his parable, and say,

As God lives, who has taken away my right; and the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul;

On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?

“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

This the portion of an unjust man with God, and the inheritance of the terrible they shall take from the Almighty.

He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.

Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

Iron from the dust is taken, And from the firm stone brass.

The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

If I had spoken, they would have it none other ways, my words were so well taken among them.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.

You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

My bowels seeth within me, and take no rest, for the days of my trouble are come upon me.

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

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

For a fire it is, to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;

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