| 1 | And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear. |
| 2 | Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate. |
| 3 | Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken. |
| 4 | The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me. |
| 5 | If thou art able—answer me, Set in array before me— station thyself. |
| 6 | Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I —I also, have been formed. |
| 7 | Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy. |
| 8 | Surely—thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear: |
| 9 | 'Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity. |
| 10 | Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him, |
| 11 | He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.' |
| 12 | Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man. |
| 13 | Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not? |
| 14 | For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.) |
| 15 | In a dream—a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed. |
| 16 | Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth: |
| 17 | To turn aside man [from] doing, And pride from man He concealeth. |
| 18 | He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart. |
| 19 | And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring. |
| 20 | And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food. |
| 21 | His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen! |
| 22 | And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death. |
| 23 | If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness: |
| 24 | Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.' |
| 25 | Fresher [is] his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth. |
| 26 | He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness. |
| 27 | He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me. |
| 28 | He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.' |
| 29 | Lo, all these doth God work, Twice—thrice with man, |
| 30 | To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living. |
| 31 | Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I—I do speak. |
| 32 | If there are words—answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee. |
| 33 | If there are not—hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom. |