Job 24-28 (Young's Literal Translation)

Job 24

 ¹Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

 ²The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

 ³The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

 ⁴They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

 ⁵Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.

 ⁶In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.

 ⁷The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

 ⁸From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.

 ⁹They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

 ¹⁰Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.

 ¹¹Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.

 ¹²Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

 ¹³They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

 ¹⁴At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

 ¹⁵And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

 ¹⁶He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

 ¹⁷When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

 ¹⁸Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

 ¹⁹Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned.

 ²⁰Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

 ²¹Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,

 ²²And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

 ²³He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.

 ²⁴High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

 ²⁵And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?

Job 25

 ¹And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --

 ²The rule and fear [are] with Him, Making peace in His high places.

 ³Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

 ⁴And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman?

 ⁵Lo -- unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.

 ⁶How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!

Job 26

 ¹And Job answereth and saith: --

 ²What -- thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!

 ³What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.

 ⁴With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?

 ⁵The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.

 ⁶Naked [is] Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

 ⁷Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

 ⁸Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

 ⁹Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.

 ¹⁰A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

 ¹¹Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

 ¹²By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

 ¹³By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.

 ¹⁴Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

Job 27

 ¹And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

 ²God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter.

 ³For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

 ⁴My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

 ⁵Pollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

 ⁶On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

 ⁷As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

 ⁸For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

 ⁹His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

 ¹⁰On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

 ¹¹I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.

 ¹²Lo, ye -- all of you -- have seen, And why [is] this -- ye are altogether vain?

 ¹³This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

 ¹⁴If his sons multiply -- for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.

 ¹⁵His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

 ¹⁶If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

 ¹⁷He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

 ¹⁸He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

 ¹⁹Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

 ²⁰Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

 ²¹Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

 ²²And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

 ²³It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

Job 28

 ¹Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

 ²Iron from the dust is taken, And [from] the firm stone brass.

 ³An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

 ⁴A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

 ⁵The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

 ⁶A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

 ⁷A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

 ⁸Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion.

 ⁹Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

 ¹⁰Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.

 ¹¹From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out [to] light.

 ¹²And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

 ¹³Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

 ¹⁴The deep hath said, `It [is] not in me,' And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.'

 ¹⁵Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price.

 ¹⁶It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

 ¹⁷Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.

 ¹⁸Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.

 ¹⁹Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

 ²⁰And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

 ²¹It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

 ²²Destruction and death have said: `With our ears we have heard its fame.'

 ²³God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

 ²⁴For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,

 ²⁵To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

 ²⁶In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

 ²⁷Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

 ²⁸And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to turn from evil [is] understanding.'