Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

or with high officials {who have gold}, who fill up their houses [with] silver.

To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.

Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

which are growing dark because of ice upon them, it will pile up snow.

At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:

The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

They are ashamed that they had trusted, They have come up to one of them, and are confounded.

“Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream,
You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate].

Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

For I said, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall lift up in my complaint;

I give up! I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

And why wilt thou not lift up my transgression and pass over mine iniquity? for now I shall lie down to the dust; and thou soughtest me and I was not

Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:

If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

While still uncut shoots,
they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm.
He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'

Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

When the whip kills suddenly, he mocks at [the] despair of [the] innocent.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance, and brighten up,

What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this is with Thee.

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

‘Should I lift my head up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your marvelous power against me.

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:

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

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

“But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise
[Only] when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.

If only you would shut up
and let that be your wisdom!

Will you lift up His person, or contend for God?

He will surely blame you, if you secretly lift up persons.

In any case, I will take up my flesh in my teeth, and, my life, will I put in my hand:

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

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

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

so man lies down never to rise again.
They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;
they will not stir from their sleep.

If thou wouldest but call me, I should obey thee: only despise not the work of thine own hands.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,
[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;

that thy mind is so puffed up against God and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,

For he has covered his face with his fat,
Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures],

He shall not be rich, and his wealth shall not rise up; their possession shall not extend upon the earth.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.

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

My friends scoff at me
as I weep before God.

Make arrangements! Put up security for me.
Who else will be my sponsor?

Thou hast withholden their hearts from understanding, therefore shall they not be set up on high.

And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

His powerful stride is shortened,
and his own schemes trip him up.

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

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 hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds.

Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.

But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.