And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil?

Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is spread abroad in the land.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;

Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;

If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

But now he hath made me weary; ... thou hast made desolate all my family;

Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.

For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt them.

Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.

For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!

For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words: --

If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!

Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused his judgment; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?

Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,

Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?