[There] was a man in the land of Uz whose name [was] Job. That man was blameless and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.

So Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil."

And then [there] was one day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.

Then he said, "Naked I came out from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh's name be blessed."

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness {even though} you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."

Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but there be none, and let it not see [the] eyelids of dawn

There [the] wicked cease from troubling, and there [the] {weary} are at rest;

[The] small and [the] great [are] there, and [the] slave [is] free from his masters.

It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form [was] {before} my eyes; [there was] a hush, and I heard a voice:

"Call now, is there [anyone] answering you? And to which of [the] holy ones will you turn?

His children are far from deliverance, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer--

So there is hope for the powerless, and wickedness shuts its mouth.

Can tasteless [food] be eaten without salt, or is there taste in the white of a marshmallow plant?

Is there injustice on my tongue? Or can my palate not discern calamity?

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

There is no arbiter between us [that] he might lay his hand on both of us.

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

And you will have confidence because there is hope; and you will be well protected--{you will sleep in safety}.

[The] tents of [the] destroyers are at peace, and [there is] security for those who provoke God, [for those] whom God brings into his hand.

"Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease;

[Is there] a limit to windy words? What provokes you that you answer?

"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.

His remembrance perishes from [the] earth, and [there is] not a name for him on [the] street.

[There is] no offspring for him nor a descendant among his people, and there is not a survivor in his abode.

"Look, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I cry out, but there is no justice.

be afraid for yourselves {because of the sword}, for wrath [brings] punishment by [the] sword, so that you may know that [there is] judgment."

{There is nothing left after he has eaten}; therefore his prosperity will not endure.

[Is] not your wickedness great, and there is no end to your iniquities?

There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

"When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see him.

Is there a number to his troops? And upon whom does his light not rise?

Sheol [is] naked before him, and there is no covering for Abaddon.

"Indeed, there is a mine for silver and a place {for gold to be refined}.

because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.

"Surely someone must not send a hand against [the] needy when, in his misfortune, [there is] a cry of help for them.

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

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, {he became angry}.

And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no [one] for Job [who] refuted, answering his words among you.

And I have waited because they do not speak, because they stand [there] [and] no longer answer.

'I [am] clean, without transgression; I [am] pure, and [there is] no guilt in me.

"If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness

There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.

He strikes them {where the wicked stood}, {where there are onlookers},

There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}.

Is there a father for the rain, or who fathered [the] drops of dew?

From there it spies out [the] prey; its eyes look from far away.

And its young ones lick blood greedily, and where [the] dead carcasses [are], there they [are]."

Yes, [the] mountains yield produce for it, and all {wild animals} play there.