By his breath {the heavens were made clear}; his hand pierced [the] fleeing snake.

Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter.

He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

Ravenous beasts have not made a track thereof, neither hath the lion marched thereon:

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!

When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,

The dying man blessed me,
and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.

And I broke [the] evil one's jaw bones, and I made [his] prey drop from his teeth.

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

“They must dwell on the slopes of wadis
And in holes in the ground and in rocks.

For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.

Upon my right hand they rose together against me; they have hurt my feet, made a way to destroy me,

They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

He throws me into the mud,
and I have become like dust and ashes.

Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

“I am seething within and my heart is troubled and cannot rest;
Days of affliction come to meet me.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

“If my heart has been enticed and I was made a fool by a woman,
Or if I have [covetously] lurked at my neighbor’s door [until his departure],

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

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

“No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By cursing my enemy and asking for his life.

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

For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;

But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became indignant. His indignation was kindled and burned and he became upset with Job because he justified himself rather than God [and even expressed doubts about God’s character].

And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

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

“I even paid close attention to [what] you [said],
Indeed, not one of you convinced Job [nor could you refute him],
Not one of you supplied [satisfactory] answers to his words.

Surely I know not how to give flattering titles, How soon might my Maker take me away!

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

Behold, before God am I, even as thou, for I am fashioned and made even of the same mould.

so that He may turn man from his act, that He might hide pride from man.

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

His flesh hath been made fresher than a child's, he hath returned to the days of his youth;

He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

And Elihu made answer and said,

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

May he be made whole, that loveth no right? If thou were a very innocent man, shouldest thou then be punished?

Who accepted not the face of chiefs, and looked not upon the rich one before the poor: for his hand made all of them.

There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

For else the men of understanding and wisdom, that have heard me, might say: 'What canst thou speak?'

Would that Job might be tested to the uttermost, for replying with the men of iniquity:

And Elihu made answer and said,

Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness reach , and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

"There is a great cry and complaint made by them that are oppressed with violence; yea, every man complaineth upon the cruel arm of tyrants.

For such one never sayeth, 'Where is God that made me? And that shineth upon us, that we might praise him in the night?

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

Yea he might even have allured thee - out of the mouth of straitness, into a wide space - no narrowness there, - and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might.

He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know it .

By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!

Shall it be declared to him - that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?

And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

that you may take it to its territory, and that you might discern the paths to its home?

To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of young grass?

Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?

Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

and it forgets that a foot might crush an egg, and {a wild animal} might trample it.

She made hard to her sons as not to her: her labor in vain without fear;

because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.

Hast thou given the horse his might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

"Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?

dispensed the fury of your anger, made sure that you have humbled every proud person,

“[If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power] then I [God] will also praise you and acknowledge
That your own right hand can save you.

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

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

Darest thou lay hand upon him? It is better for thee to consider what harm might happen thee therethrough, and not to touch him.

Behold, his hope has been made false; will not one be cast down at the sight of him?

“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?]

I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement.

Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

“His strong scales are his pride,
Bound together as with a tight seal.