If he be hasty to take anything away, who will make him restore it again? Who will say unto him, 'What doest thou?'

"This one thing will I say: He destroyeth both the righteous and ungodly.

and will say unto God: O do not condemn me; but show me the cause, wherefore thou contendest so with me.

Wilt thou say unto God, 'The thing that I take in hand is perfect, and I am clean in thy sight'?

Shall not thy vain words come yet to an end? Or, hast thou yet any more to say?

Did not ye say, "Why doth he suffer persecution?" Is there found an occasion against me?

yet he perisheth at the last, like dung. Insomuch that they which have seen him, say, 'Where is he?'

They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

For ye say, 'Where is the prince's palace? Where is the dwelling of the ungodly?

wilt thou therefore say, 'Tush, how should God know? Doth his dominion reach beyond the clouds?

That I might know, what answer he would give me: and that I might understand, what he would say unto me.

Is it not so? Who will then reprove me as a liar, and say that my words are nothing worth?"

Destruction and death say, 'We have heard tell of her with our ears.'

Yet they of mine own household say, 'Who shall let us to have our belly full of his flesh?'

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

Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.

But if thou hast anything to say, then answer me, and speak, for thy answer pleaseth me.

"If thou now have understanding, hear what I say, and hearken to the voice of my words.

For else the men of understanding and wisdom, that have heard me, might say: 'What canst thou speak?'

Who will reprove him of his way? Who will say unto him, 'Thou hast done wrong?'

Teach us what we shall say unto him, for we are unmete because of darkness.

Shall it be told him what I say? Should a man speak, or should he keep it back?

Once or twice have I spoken, but I will say no more."