On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

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

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

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

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

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

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

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

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

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

Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

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:

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

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

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

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.