So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.

“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.

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

But he did not direct [his] words to me, and I will not answer him with your words.

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:

for I do not know [how] {to flatter}, [else] my Maker would {soon} put an end to me.

"But now, please hear my speeches, Job, and hear all my words.

If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

‘Behold, God finds pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.

He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'

But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter,
since God is greater than man.

Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

“For God speaks once,
And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

To remove man from working, and he will bide pride from man.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

But if you have something to say, answer me;
speak, for I would like to justify you.

But if you have nothing to say, then at least listen to me! Be quiet and learn some wisdom from me."

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent],
But God has taken away my right;

but he rewardeth the works of man, and causeth every man to find according to his ways.

“Who put God in charge over the earth?
And who has laid on Him the whole world?

If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,

"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.

but caused the poor to cry out to Him,
and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,

"For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?'

“Your wickedness affects only a man such as you,
And your righteousness affects only a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign].

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

There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

"When thou speakest, then, should not he pardon thee, if thou open thyself before him, and put thy trust in him?

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

Therefore hath Job opened his mouth but in vain, and foolishly hath he made so many words."

Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not any; mighty in strength of understanding:

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

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.

But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in their oppression.

Even so shall he keep thee - if thou wilt be content - from the bottomless pit that is beneath: and if thou wilt hold the quiet, he shall fill thy table with plenteousness.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Hath God ordained then, that the glorious life of thee, and all such mighty men should not be put down?

But beware that thou turn not aside to wickedness and sin, which hitherto thou hast chosen more than meekness.

yea, wonder at him, and yet they see him but afar off.

But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the crashing of his pavilion?

Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.

Have you beat out the expanse with Him, hard like a cast mirror?

Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

Gold is brought out of the North, but the praise and honour of God's fear cometh from God himself.

As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

when I determined its boundaries
and put its bars and doors in place,

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

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

but seek their pasture about the mountains and follow the green grass.

Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Wilt thou put faith in him, that he will bring back thy seed? and that, corn for thy threshing-floor, he will gather?

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

but she forgets that a foot might crush them or any wild animal might trample them.

But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

but as soon as he heareth the shawmes blow, 'Tush,' sayeth he; for he smelleth the battle afar off, the noise, the Captains and the shouting.

Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

Put forth the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about;

Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?

Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

“Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?

Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

Who lifteth him up, and stripeth him out of his clothes, or who taketh him by the bit of his bridle?

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron.

The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

'Who [is] this darkening counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I uttered, but I did not understand; {things too wonderful for me}, but I did not know.

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.