{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}.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

This is what Job said:

Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?

along with kings and counselors of the earth, who used to build for themselves what are now only ruins,

For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

“Behold this; we have investigated it, and it is true.
Hear and heed it, and know for yourself [for your own good].”

What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.

If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:

At least I could still take comfort and rejoice in unceasing anguish, for I didn't conceal what the Holy One has to say.

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

So this is what you have now become to me.
When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.

Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?
Can my palate not discern what is destructive?

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Does God pervert justice?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

"Indeed, please inquire of former generations, and consider {what their ancestors have found},

His source of confidence is fragile;
what he trusts in is a spider’s web.

Truly I have known that it is so, And what -- is man righteous with God?

Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

So how am I to answer him, choosing what I am to say to him?

If I summoned Him and He answered me,
I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

"But what if God were to speak? What if he were to talk with you,

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity!

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

What is he, but he knoweth that the hand of the LORD made all these?

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

He uncovers the hidden dimensions from darkness, bringing what is in deep shadow to light.

What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

For what shall I lift up my flesh in my teeth, and shall I put my soul in my hand?

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

What is he that will go to law with me? For if I hold my tongue, I shall die.

What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

"{What is worse}, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation {before} God.

Your iniquity teaches you what to say,
and you choose the language of the crafty.

What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

What wise men have [freely] told,
And have not hidden [anything passed on to them] from their fathers,

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

"I've heard many things like this. What miserable comforters you all are!

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

and encourage you with what I have to say; my words of comfort would lessen your pain.

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

What helpeth then my long tarrying? Or, who will fulfill the thing that I look for?

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;

"How long do you intend to keep torturing me and trying to break me by what you're saying?

And what is more, [if] I have truly erred, my error remains with me.

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.

Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

This is what the wicked person inherits from God; it is the inheritance that God appoints for him."

Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

"How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

How then, can you console me so worthlessly? What is left of your answers is treachery."

Is it any advantage to the Almighty that thou art righteous? Or what doth it profit him, that thy ways are perfect?

And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

“Surely our opponents are destroyed,
and fire has consumed what they left behind.”

Accept what he has to teach you, and treasure his words in your heart.

Then, look what thou takest in hand: he shall make it to prosper with thee, and the light shall shine in thy ways.

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

For he will perform what is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.

As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.

And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman?

What -- thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!

What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.

“To whom have you uttered [these] words?
And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you?

Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.