Job 35 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Moreover Elihu, responded and said:–– ² This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said––My righteousness is more than GOD’S. ³ For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin? ⁴ I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee. ⁵ Look at the heavens and see,––and survey the skies––they are higher than thou. ⁶ If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him? ⁷ If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept? ⁸ Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth–born, thy righteousness.
⁹ By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty; ¹⁰ But none saith––Where is GOD my maker, Who giveth songs in the night; ¹¹ Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom? ¹² There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil–doers. ¹³ Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.
¹⁴ How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him. ¹⁵ But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest]––His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression; ¹⁶ Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.

¹⁷ For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need;

⁷ Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?

¹⁷ Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure.

⁶ Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me. ⁷ Lo! I cry––out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;

² As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul; ³ All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils, ⁴ Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit. ⁵ Far be it from me! that I should justify, you,––Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me: ⁶ On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.

⁵ For Job hath said––I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right;

⁸ Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?

³⁶ But I say unto you, That, every useless expression that men shall utter, they shall render, concerning it, an account, in a day of judgment; ³⁷ For, by thy words, shalt thou be, justified, and, by thy words, shalt thou be condemned.

²² He saith to him––Out of thy mouth, do I judge thee, O wicked servant! Thou knewest that, I, a harsh man, am,––taking up, what I laid not down, and reaping, what I did not sow;

²¹ I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!
²² One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.

³⁰ Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands, ³¹ Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:

¹⁵ If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.

¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?

² Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

⁹ For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is with God.

¹³ Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;

¹⁴ Ye have said, Vain is it to serve God,––and, What profit when we have kept his charge, or when we have walked gloomily before Yahweh of hosts?

⁸ And is on the way to keep company, with the workers of iniquity, and to walk with lawless men.

²⁰ He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

⁵ And he brought him forth abroad, and said––Look steadfastly, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

²⁷ But, in very deed, will God dwell, upon the earth? Lo! the heaven, yea the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

¹² Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.

⁵ Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes! ⁶ How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth–born who is a worm?

²⁶ Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!

¹⁶ Canst thou get to know concerning the poisings of the thick cloud, the wonders of one who is perfect in knowledge?

²² Out of the north, a golden light cometh, Upon GOD, is fearful splendour: ²³ The Almighty, whom we have not fully found out, is great in vigour,––Neither, justice nor abounding righteousness, will he weaken.

³ When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established, ⁴ What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?

²² It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While, the inhabitants thereof, are, as grasshoppers,––Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; ²³ Who delivereth dignitaries to nothingness,––Judges of earth, like a desolation, hath he made:

⁹ For, higher, are the heavens than the earth,––So, higher, are, My ways, than, your ways, and, My thoughts, than, your thoughts.

³ Yahweh, is slow to anger, but great in vigour, He will not leave, unpunished, as for Yahweh, in storm–wind and in tempest, is his way, and, clouds, are the dust of his feet.

³⁶ But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.

¹² If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.

¹⁹ Is it, me, they are provoking? Enquireth Yahweh,––Is it not, themselves,––unto the shame of their own faces?

¹⁴ And yet, who am, I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer willingly like this? for, from thee, is the whole, and, out of thine own hand, have we given unto thee;

² Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself! ³ Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways?

² Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord, art thou! My goodness, mounteth not unto thee.

¹⁰ Thus, ye also, when ye have done all the things enjoined upon you, say––Unprofitable servants, are we,––What we were bound to do, we have done!

³⁵ Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?

² That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee, and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

²⁴ Peradventure there are fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, Wilt thou really sweep away, and not spare the place, for the sake of the fifty righteous, which are therein? ²⁵ Far be it from thee! to do after this manner, to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike,––Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth, not do, justice? ²⁶ And Yahweh said, If I find in Sodom, fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, then will I spare all the place for their sake. ²⁷ And Abraham responded, and said,––Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though, I, am dust and ashes: ²⁸ Peradventure there may lack, of the fifty righteous, five, Wilt thou destroy, for five, all the city? And he said,––I will not destroy, if I find there, forty and five. ²⁹ And he added, yet once more, to speak unto him, and said, Peradventure there may be found there––forty. And he said––I will not do it, for the sake of the forty. ³⁰ And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, Peradventure there may be found there––thirty. And he said, I will not to it, if I find there––thirty. ³¹ And he said, Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, Peradventure there may be found there––twenty. And he said, I will not destroy [it], for the sake of the twenty. ³² And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, only this once, Peradventure there may be found there––ten. And he said, I will not destroy [it], for the sake of the ten! ³³ And Yahweh went his way, when he had made an end, of speaking unto Abraham,––Abraham, also returned to his place.

²⁹ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the circuit, that God remembered Abraham,––and sent forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt.

¹ But the sons of Israel had committed an act of unfaithfulness in respect of what was devoted,––for Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah had taken of what was devoted, and the anger of Yahweh had kindled against the sons of Israel. ² And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which was beside Beth–aven on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them saying, Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up, and spied out Ai. ³ And they returned unto Joshua and said unto him––Let not all the people go up, about two thousand men or three thousand men, can go up and smite Ai,––do not weary the whole people to go thither, for, but few, they are. ⁴ There went up thither of the people therefore, about three thousand men,––but they fled before the men of Ai. ⁵ And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty–six men, and pursued them before the gate as far as the Shebarim, and smote them on the slope,––so that the heart of the people melted and became as water.

²⁰ Did not, Achan son of Zerah, commit an act of treachery, with a devoted thing, and, upon all the assembly of Israel, came wrath,––so that not, he––one man alone, died in his iniquity.

⁸ Now, therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and ye shall offer up an ascending–sacrifice in your own behalf, and, Job my servant, shall pray over you,––for, him, will I accept, that I may not deal out to you disgrace, because ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.

²³ Then would he have bidden to destroy them,––had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.

³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:

¹⁸ Better is wisdom, than weapons of war,––but, one sinner, may destroy much good.

³⁰ Then sought I from among them, a man, Who could build up a wall, And stand in the breach, before me in behalf of the land, So that I might not destroy her,––But I found none.

¹² And he said unto them, Take me up, and hurl me into the sea, that the sea may cease raging over you,––for I do know that, for my sake, is this great tempest upon you.

²⁴ saying––Be not afraid, Paul! for, before Caesar, must thou needs stand. And lo! God hath granted to thee as a favour, all them who are sailing with thee.

⁷ By faith, Noah, having received intimation concerning the things not yet seen, filled with reverence, prepared an ark to the saving of his house––through which he condemned the world, and, of the righteousness by way of faith, became heir.

²³ And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude, and lamented,––and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.

⁷ Then said Yahweh, I have, seen, the humiliation of my people, who are in Egypt,––and, their outcry, have I heard, by reason of their task–masters, for I know their pains;

⁹ Now, therefore, lo! the outcry of the sons of Israel, hath come in unto me,––moreover also I have seen the oppression, wherewith, the Egyptians, are oppressing them.

¹ Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives,––against their brethren the Jews. ² And there were some who were saying, Our sons and our daughters, are we pledging,––that we may obtain corn, and eat, and keep ourselves alive. ³ And there were some who were saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses, are we pledging,––that we may obtain corn in the dearth. ⁴ And there were others who were saying, We have borrowed silver, for the king’s tribute,––[upon] our lands and our vineyards. ⁵ Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.

¹⁹ Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth:

¹² Out of the city––out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.

²⁸ Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth.

⁹ But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

¹⁵ Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And, as for the wrongful, wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness––wilt thou not find [it]?

⁵ Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say,––I will place [him] in safety––let him puff at him!

² For, thou, art my defending God––Wherefore hast thou rejected me? Wherefore in gloom should I wander, because of the oppression of an enemy?

² Attend unto me, and answer me, I may ramble in my complaining, And be driven to and fro–– ³ Because of the noise of the enemy, By reason of the oppression of the lawless one, For they would let trouble drop upon me, And, in anger, would they entrap me.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. Upon "The Dove of God from the distant Sea." David’s. A precious Psalm. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.]
Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me: ² Mine adversaries have panted all the day, For, many, are fighting with me, loftily.

³ And, a widow, there was, in that city; and she kept coming unto him, saying––Vindicate me from mine adversary! ⁴ And he was unwilling for a time; but, after these things, he said within himself––Although, neither God, I reverence, nor man, I respect, ⁵ Yet, if only because this widow annoyeth me, I will vindicate her,––lest, persistently coming, she wholly wear me out. ⁶ And the Lord said––Hear ye what, the unrighteous judge saith; –– ⁷ And shall, God, in any wise not execute the vindication of his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, although he beareth long with regard to them?

¹³ Thus died Saul, for his unfaithfulness wherewith he dealt unfaithfully against Yahweh, over the word of Yahweh, which he kept not,––and, also, in asking by necromancy when he desired to enquire; ¹⁴ and enquired not of Yahweh, wherefore he slew him,––and turned round the kingdom unto David, son of Jesse.

²² And, in the time of his distress, he yet further acted unfaithfully with Yahweh,––he, King Ahaz! ²³ For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus who had smitten him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria are helping them, unto them, will I sacrifice, that they may help me. But, they, served to seduce him and all Israel.

¹⁰ Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!

²² Surely I know not how to give flattering titles, How soon might my Maker take me away!

³ I will bring my knowledge from afar, and, to my Maker, will I attribute righteousness.

¹³ Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.

⁸ By day, will Yahweh command his lovingkindness, And, in the night, shall His song be with me, My prayer be to the GOD of my life.

⁶ I remember my song in the night,––With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search:––

⁶² At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.

⁵ Let the men of lovingkindness exult as they glory, Let them shout aloud upon their beds:

¹ Yet remember thy Creator, in the days of thy vigour,––or ever come in, the days of discomfort, and the years arrive, in which thou shalt say––I have, in them, no pleasure;

²¹ Therefore shall they pass through it, hard pressed and hungry,––And it shall be, when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god, and turn their faces upwards;

¹³ That thou hast forgotten Yahweh thy maker, Who stretched out the heavens And founded the earth? That thou hast dreaded continually, all the day, by reason of the fury of the oppressor, in that he was ready to destroy? Where, then, is the fury of the oppressor?

⁵ For, thy husband, is, thy Maker, Yahweh of hosts, is his Name,––And, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, The God of all the earth, shall he be called.

²⁵ And, at midnight, Paul and Silas, being at prayer, began singing praise unto God; and the prisoners unto them, did hearken.

¹⁹ So then, let, them who are even suffering, according to the will of God, unto a faithful Creator, be committing their souls, in well–doing.

²⁶ And God said––Let us make man in our image, after our likeness––and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over the tame–beast––and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.

⁷ So then Yahweh God formed man, [of the] dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life––and man became a living soul.

⁸ Yet surely, there is a spirit in men, and, the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth them understanding;

²² Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?

¹² How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!

⁴¹ They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.

⁶ For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck–chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire; ⁷ Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart; ⁸ They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;

³ Show us favour, O Yahweh, show us favour, for, exceedingly, are we sated with contempt: ⁴ Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul,––The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.

²⁸ Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.

¹⁴ I will mount on the hills of the clouds, I will match the Most High! ¹⁵ Howbeit, to Hades, shalt thou be brought down,––To the Recesses of the Pit! ¹⁶ They who see thee, upon thee, will gaze, Upon thee, will thoughtfully muse,––Is this, the man who startled the earth? Who terrified kingdoms? ¹⁷ Who made the world like a desert? And, its cities, brake down? Its prisoners, he loosed not, Each one to his home?

³¹ We know that, God, unto sinners, doth not hearken: but, if one be, a worshipper of God, and be doing, his will, unto this one, he hearkeneth.

²² Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth––instruction,––and lay up his sayings in thy heart. ²³ If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent, ²⁴ Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent–beds, fine gold: ²⁵ So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee! ²⁶ For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up––unto GOD––thy face; ²⁷ Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;

⁸ For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul? ⁹ His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?

²⁰ I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;

¹⁷ Hath turned towards the prayer of the destitute, And not despised their prayer,

⁸ The sacrifice of lawless men, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, the prayer of the upright, is his delight.

²⁹ Far off is Yahweh, from the lawless, but, the prayer of the righteous, will he hear.

⁹ He that turneth away his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer, is an abomination.

¹ Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice,––for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong. ² Be not rash with thy mouth, and, with thy heart, be not in haste to bring forth a word, before God,––for, God, is in the heavens, and, thou, upon the earth, for this cause, let thy words be few. ³ For a dream cometh through the multitude of business,––and, the voice of a dullard, is with a multitude of words.

¹⁵ Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply, prayers, I am not hearkening,––Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.

¹¹ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! bringing upon them calamity, which they shall not be able to escape,––and, though they make outcry unto me, yet will I not hearken unto them.

¹⁴ Neither made they outcry unto me, in their heart, although they kept on howling upon their beds, over corn and new wine, they gathered themselves together, they rebelled against me.

² Unto me, shall they make outcry, My God! we acknowledge thee––[we], Israel! ³ Israel hath cast away what is good,––an enemy, shall pursue him.

²² Nay, though ye cause to ascend unto me ascending–sacrifices, and your meal–offerings, I will not accept [them], ––nor, the peace–offering of your fat heifers, will I regard.

⁷ And, being at prayer, use not vain repetitions, just like the nations,––for they think, that, in their much speaking, they shall be hoard;

²¹ And, he, said to her––What desirest thou? She saith unto him––Bid, that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom. ²² But Jesus, answering, said––Ye know not what ye are asking: Are ye able to drink the cup, which, I, am about to drink; They say unto him––We are able.

³ Ye ask and receive not, because that, basely, ye ask, in order that, in your pleasures, ye may spend [it].

¹¹ Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.

¹⁹ If it regardeth vigour, bold is he! If justice, who could summon him?

⁷ Lo! I cry––out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;

³ Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling–place;

⁸ Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not; ⁹ On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him. ¹⁰ But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.

¹² Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence. ¹³ I believe that I shall see––The goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living, ¹⁴ Wait thou for Yahweh,––Be strong, and let thy heart be bold, Wait, then, for Yahweh!

⁵ Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him, and, he, will effectually work: ⁶ So will he bring forth, as the light, thy righteousness, and thy vindication as the noonday.

⁵ Surely, towards God, be thou silent, my soul, For, from him, is mine expectation:

⁸ Trust ye in him all ye assembly of the people, Pour out, before him, your heart, God, is a refuge for us. [Selah.]

⁵ I reasoned, Of the days of aforetime, Of the years of by–gone ages; ⁶ I remember my song in the night,––With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search:–– ⁷ For ages, will My Lord reject? And, not again, grant acceptance any more? ⁸ Hath his lovingkindness, come to a perpetual end? Hath his word failed to generation after generation? ⁹ Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? [Selah.] ¹⁰ Then said I––An affliction to me, it is, The changing of the right hand of the Most High.

² Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne.

¹⁸ And, therefore, will Yahweh wait, That he may grant you favour, And, therefore, will he lift himself up, That he may show you compassion,––For, A God of justice, is, Yahweh, How happy all they who are waiting for him.

¹⁰ Who, among you, revereth Yahweh, Hearkening unto the voice of his Servant,––That hath walked in dark places, And hath had no gleam of light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh, And lean upon his God.

¹⁷ No instrument formed against thee, shall prosper, And, every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, shalt thou prove to be lawless,––This, is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh, And, their righteousness, is, from me, Declareth Yahweh.

⁷ But, I, for Yahweh, will watch, I will wait for the God of my salvation,––My God, will hear me. ⁸ Do not rejoice, O mine enemy, against me, Though I fall, I shall rise again! Though I sit in darkness, Yahweh, is a light to me. ⁹ The indignation of Yahweh, will I bear, for I have sinned against him,––until he take up my controversy, then will he do me justice, he will bring me forth to the light, I shall behold his righteousness.

³³ Who shall bring an accusation against the chosen ones of God? God, who declareth righteous? ³⁴ Who is he that condemneth? Christ [Jesus] who died?––Nay! rather was raised [from among the dead], ––who is on the right hand of God, who also is making intercession in our behalf?

¹² Then said Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to hallow me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore, shall ye not bring in this convocation into the land which I have given unto them.

⁵ But, now, it cometh upon thee, and thou despairest, It smiteth even thee, and thou art dismayed.

¹⁴ How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him?

¹⁵ Lo! he may slay me, [yet], for him, will I wait,––Nevertheless, my ways––unto his face, will I show to be right:

¹⁵ There are turned upon me terrors,––Chased away as with a wind, is mine abundance, and, as a cloud, hath passed away my prosperity. ¹⁶ Now, therefore, over myself, my soul poureth itself out, There seize me days of affliction: ¹⁷ Night, boreth, my bones, all over me,––and, my sinews, find no rest; ¹⁸ Most effectually, is my skin disfigured,––Like the collar of my tunic, it girdeth me about: ¹⁹ He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. ²⁰ I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me; ²¹ Thou art turned to become a cruel one unto me, With the might of thy hand, thou assailest me; ²² Thou liftest up me to the wind, thou carriest me away, and the storm maketh me faint; ²³ For I know that, unto death, thou wilt bring me back, even unto the house of meeting for every one living. ²⁴ Only, against a heap of ruins, will one not thrust a hand! Surely, when one is in calamity––for that very reason, is there an outcry for help. ²⁵ Verily I wept, for him whose lot was hard, Grieved was my soul, for the needy. ²⁶ Surely, for good, I looked, but there came in evil, And I waited for light, but there came in darkness; ²⁷ I boiled within me, and rested not, There confronted me––days of affliction; ²⁸ In gloom, I walked along, without sun, I arose––in the convocation, I cried out for help; ²⁹ A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech: ³⁰ My skin, turned black, and peeled off me, and, my bones, burned with heat: ³¹ Thus is attuned to mourning––my lyre, and my flute, to the noise of them who weep.

¹¹ Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction? ¹² Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness? ¹³ But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee! ¹⁴ Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me? ¹⁵ Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee––I shall be distracted! ¹⁶ Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;

³² Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity:

⁸ How can I give thee up, Ephraim? abandon thee Israel? How can I make thee as Admah? set thee as Zeboim? Mine own heart, turneth against me, at once, are kindled my compassions. ⁹ I cannot execute the glow of mine anger, I cannot turn to destroy Ephraim,––for, GOD, am, I, and not man, When thou drawest near, [I am] a Holy One, though I do not enter a city.

²⁰ And lo! thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak until the day when these things shall come to pass; because thou didst not believe in my words,––the which shall be fulfilled for their season.

¹¹ But, no discipline, for the present, indeed, seemeth to be of joy, but of sorrow: afterwards, however––to them who thereby have been trained, it yieldeth peaceful fruit, of righteousness. ¹² Wherefore, the slackened hands and paralysed knees, restore ye,

¹⁹ I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, and repent.

¹ After this, opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

² Lo! I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue, with my palate, hath spoken,

⁸ But thou hast spoken in mine ears, and, the sound of words, I heard:–– ⁹ Pure am, I, without transgression,––Clean am, I, and have no iniquity; ¹⁰ Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him; ¹¹ He putteth––in the stocks––my feet, He watcheth all my paths. ¹² Lo! in this, thou hast not been right––let me answer thee, For, GOD, is greater than, man.

³⁵ Job, without knowledge, doth speak, and, his words, are not with discretion. ³⁶ Would that Job might be tested to the uttermost, for replying with the men of iniquity: ³⁷ For he addeth––unto his sin––rebellion, In our midst, he clappeth his hands, and multiplieth his sayings against GOD.

² Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge?