42Then Job replied to the Lord : 2I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. 3You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me t...
41Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope? 2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words? 4Will he make an agre...
40The Lord said to Job: 2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him! 3Then Job answered the Lord : 4I am unworthy-how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. 5I spoke once, but I have no answe...
39Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn? 2Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth? 3They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended. 4Th...
38Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said: 2Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? 3Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 4Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? T...
37At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place. 2Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. 3He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. 4After that comes the...
36Elihu continued: 2Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God's behalf. 3I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker. 4Be assured that my words are not false; one perfect in knowledge i...
35Then Elihu said: 2Do you think this is just? You say, 'I will be cleared by God. ' 3Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?' 4I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you. 5Look up at the heavens a...
34Then Elihu said: 2Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you men of learning. 3For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food. 4Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. 5Job says, 'I am innocent, but G...
33But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say. 2I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue. 3My words come from an upright heart; my lips sincerely speak what I know. 4The Spirit of God has made me; the...
32So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. 3He was also angry with the three fri...
31I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl. 2For what is man's lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high? 3Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong? 4Does he not see my ways and count my ev...
30But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs. 2Of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had gone from them? 3Haggard from want and hunger, they roamed the parch...
29Job continued his discourse: 2How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, 3when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness! 4Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate frie...
28There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. 2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore. 3Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness. 4Far from where peopl...
