In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Only, against a heap of ruins, will one not thrust a hand! Surely, when one is in calamity - for that very reason, is there an outcry for help.

Did I not weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech:

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my flute into the voice of them that weep.

I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I would not look upon a damsel.

As for the ungodly and he that joineth himself to the company of wicked doers: shall not destruction and misery come upon him?

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.

If so be that I have withdrawn my foot out of the right way, if my heart hath followed mine eyesight, if I have stained or defiled my hands,

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

for that [is] a shameful act, and that [is] {a criminal offense}.

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

But seeing that God will sit in judgment, what shall I do? And for so much as he will needs visit me, what answer shall I give him?

Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

For I have ever feared the vengeance and punishment of God, and knew very well that I was not able to bear his burden.

if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands,

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

This also would be 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:

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

If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, 'O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'

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?

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.

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

But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite of the kindred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Job, that he called himself just before God.

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

And Elihu seeth that there is no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger burneth.

So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: "I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.

I thought that age should speak
and maturity should teach wisdom.

But it is a spirit in man
and the breath of the Almighty
that give him understanding.

It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.

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

That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.

For they where so abashed that they could not make answer, nor speak one word.

Should I continue to wait now that they are silent,
now that they stand there and no longer answer?

For I am full of words, and the spirit that is within me, compelleth me.

“My belly is like unvented wine;
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

Therefore hear my words, O Job, and hearken unto all that I will say:

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

“The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life [which inspires me].

Therefore, thou needest not be afraid of me, neither needest thou to fear that my authority shall be too heavy for thee.

Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

Why do you contend against him, that he will not answer all a person's words?

In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds -

He uncovers their ears at that time
and terrifies them with warnings,

That he may turn man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

So that his life abhors bread, and his soul the choicest food.

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

{so that} he is gracious [to] him, and he says, 'Deliver him from descending into [the] pit; I have found a ransom.'

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Yea, he hath delivered my soul from destruction, and my life, that it seeth the light.'

to bring his life back from [the] pit {so that he may enjoy the light of life}.

If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

If not, do, thou, hearken unto me, Be silent, that I may teach thee wisdom.

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

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Have I lied concerning the justice that I deserve? My wound is incurable, though transgression cannot be attributed to me.'

Where is there such one as Job, that drinketh up scornfulness like water?

For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life,

Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just?

Him that saith to a king, Thou art vile, Or to nobles, Ye are 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.

There is no darkness, nor thick shadow, that can hide the wicked doers from him.

For he will not lay upon man more than what is right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns [them] [in the] night {so that} they are crushed.

They that were in the stead of Seers, dealt like ungodly men.

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,

When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,
That is, in regard to both nation and man?—

so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

Besides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?'

By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:

that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

Would that Job were tested up to [the] end because [his] answers [are] like [those from] men of mischief,

so that we may not add to our sins, and lawlessness will be reckoned against us, speaking many words before LORD.

Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?

That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

I'm going to respond to that statement, and to your friends with you."

"Look at [the] heavens, and see; and observe [the] clouds [that] are higher than you.

If you sin, what will that do to harm him? If you add transgression to transgression what will it do to him?

“If you are righteous, what do you give God,
Or what does He receive from your hand?

of such an ungodly person as thou, and of the son of man that is righteous - as thou pretendest to be?

"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?

If any such complain, no man giveth answer; and that because of the wickedness of proud tyrants.

{How much less} [when] you say [that] you do not see him, that [the] case [is] {before him}, and you are waiting for him!

And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!

Job uselessly opens his mouth
And multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].”

Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God are words.