The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

Upon the flint, hath he thrust forth his hand, He hath turned up mountains by the roots;

Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.

From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out to light.

Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

The deep hath said, 'It is not in me,' And the sea hath said, 'It is not with me.'

It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth to me.

For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

Yea, whereto should the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom vigour hath perished?

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, 'He hath no helper.'

He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.

At night my bone hath been pierced in me, And mine eyelids do not lie down.

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.

My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,

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

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

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

If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

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

"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

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

(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God;

and against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job.

And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.

Every man, no doubt, hath a mind; but it is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth understanding.

lest ye should praise yourselves, to have found out wisdom: because it is God that hath cast him out, and no man.

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

For I have been full of words, Distressed me hath the spirit of my breast,

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

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

But lo, he hath picked a quarrel against me, and taketh me for his enemy:

He hath put my foot in the stocks, and looketh narrowly unto all my paths.'

And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring.

And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret - one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness,

Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!

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.

He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

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

To whom hath he given his heart, for to draw his spirit and breath unto him?

Who hath said to a king -- 'Worthless,' Unto princes -- 'Wicked?'

That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands are all of them.

Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement , I will not offend any more :

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

O father let Job be well tried, because he hath turned himself to the wicked:

yea, above his sins he hath blasphemed, which offense he hath done even before us, in that he striveth against God with his words!"

But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

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

He will not withdraw - from a righteous one - his eyes, - but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.

Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions - that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;

Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.

And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

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

Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.

Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

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

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

Dost thou know how +God hath disposed them, and how he causeth the lightning of his cloud to flash?

Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it is in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.

Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.

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

On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

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

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

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

And hath forgotten, that, a foot, may crush them, - or, the wild beast, tread on them!

Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain is her labour without fear.

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

Then will I confess also, that thy own righthand hath saved thee.

lo, how strong he is in his loins, and what power he hath in the navel of his body.

Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed?

Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter?

The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth are terrible.