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

For I know that thou wilt 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 not I 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 organ into the voice of them that weep.

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

if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine 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If so be that I have withdrawn my foot out of the right way, if my heart hath followed mine eyesight, if I have stained or defiled my hands,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 were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine 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? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

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

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] 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 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:

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

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be 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 mine 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.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite said,

“I am young, and you are aged;
For that reason I was anxious and dared not tell you what I think.

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, Nor the aged that understand justice.

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.

“However, Job, please listen to my words,
And pay attention to everything I say.

My words'shall utter the uprightness of my heart; And 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.

Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

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 withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

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

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen 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 prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.

He looketh 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 back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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 ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye 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 hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

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 hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

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

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.

There's no such thing as darkness to him not even deep darkness that can conceal those who practice evil.

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

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

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 the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

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?—

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.

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

‘Job speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom and insight.

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

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

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And , 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 have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done 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.

“Even though you say that you do not see Him [when missing His righteous judgment on earth],
Yet your case is before Him, and you must wait 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].”

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.