There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].

{Then when} the days of the feast had run their course, {Job would send}, and he would sanctify them. Thus he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings [according to] the number of all of them, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and {cursed} God in their heart." This is what Job used to do {all the time}.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

I will not be at ease; I will not be quiet; I will not rest; because trouble has arrived."

because though he wounds, but then applies bandages; though he strikes, his hands still heal.

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.

Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?

I hate the thought of living forever! Leave me alone, because my days are pointless."

Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.

Otherwise, I would speak without being terrified of him, because I'm not like that inside myself."

because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

"If I did sin, thou haddest an eye unto me, and shalt not declare me innocent because of mine offense.

""Woe to me if I'm guilty! If I'm innocent, I cannot lift my head, because I am filled with disgrace. Look at my affliction!

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

that he might show thee out of his secret wisdom how manifold his law is! Then shouldest thou know that God had forgotten thee, because of thy sins.

“But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise
[Only] when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.

Because your sin dictates your speech, you have chosen the language of the crafty.

“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

My face is red because of weeping, and deep shadows [are] on my eyelids,

Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

"Because you're the one who closed their hearts to compassion; therefore, you won't let them triumph.

“My eye has grown dim (unexpressive) because of grief,
And all my [body’s] members are [wasted away] like a shadow.

The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’

"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

But if ye will enhance yourselves against me, and accuse me to be a wicked person because of the shame that is come upon me;

"Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends, because God's hand has struck me.

If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter is found in me,

Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious are the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that there is a judgment.

Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.

Whenever I hear an insulting rebuke, I respond from my spirit because I understand."

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

Because nothing was left for him to devour, therefore his prosperity won't last.

So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?"

To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high,

He will deliver the guilty, and he will escape because of the cleanness of your hands."

Also -- to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.

Therefore, I am horrified because of his presence; [when] I consider, I tremble because of him.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.

They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter.

Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

because morning likewise is to them deep darkness; indeed, they know about [the] terrors of deep darkness.

Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And their widows will not be able to weep.

Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

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

Yet no one would stretch out his hand
against a ruined man
when he cries out to him for help
because of his distress.

because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.

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

whose sides thanked me not, because he was warmed with the wool of my sheep?

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

For a dread unto me is calamity from God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him --

No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers."

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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

Barachel's son Elihu from Buz responded and said: "I'm younger than you are. Because you're older, I was terrified to tell you what I know.

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

And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.

Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, because I'd be happy to vindicate you.

Because he says, "There's no profit for a man to find joy with God.'"

because he repays a person for his behavior; and according to a person's conduct, he lets it happen to him.

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.

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

because he has been adding rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and keeps on ranting against God."

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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