4:18 If God puts no trust in his servants
and attributes folly to his angels,
6:2 “Oh, if only my grief could be weighed,
and my misfortune laid on the scales too!
7:13 If I say, “My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,”
8:4 If your children sinned against him,
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
8:5 But if you will look to God,
and make your supplication to the Almighty,
9:3 If someone wishes to contend with him,
he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
9:23 If a scourge brings sudden death,
he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
9:27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will change my expression and be cheerful,’
9:30 If I wash myself with snow water,
and make my hands clean with lye,
11:10 If he comes by and confines you
and convenes a court,
then who can prevent him?
13:5 If only you would keep completely silent!
For you, that would be wisdom.
13:19 Who will contend with me?
If anyone can, I will be silent and die.
17:5 If a man denounces his friends for personal gain,
the eyes of his children will fail.
19:4 But even if it were true that I have erred,
my error remains solely my concern!
19:5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and plead my disgrace against me,
20:12 “If evil is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,
20:24 If he flees from an iron weapon,
then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.
21:4 Is my complaint against a man?
If so, why should I not be impatient?
27:14 If his children increase – it is for the sword!
His offspring never have enough to eat.
27:16 If he piles up silver like dust
and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
31:29 If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy
or exulted because calamity found him –
31:33 if I have covered my transgressions as men do,
by hiding iniquity in my heart,
31:38 “If my land cried out against me
and all its furrows wept together,
31:39 if I have eaten its produce without paying,
or caused the death of its owners,
33:33 If not, you listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
34:16 “If you have understanding, listen to this,
hear what I have to say.
36:8 But if they are bound in chains,
and held captive by the cords of affliction,
38:5 Who set its measurements – if you know –
or who stretched a measuring line across it?
38:18 Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know it all!