5:3 I myself have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
6:7 I have refused to touch such things;
they are like loathsome food to me.
6:22 “Have I ever said, ‘Give me something,
and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?
10:4 “Do you have eyes of flesh,
or do you see as a human being sees?
10:8 “Your hands have shaped me and made me,
but now you destroy me completely.
10:9 Remember that you have made me as with the clay;
will you return me to dust?
10:13 “But these things you have concealed in your heart;
I know that this is with you:
11:4 For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless,
and I am pure in your sight.’
13:18 See now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I am right.
15:3 Does he argue with useless talk,
with words that have no value in them?
15:17 “I will explain to you;
listen to me,
and what I have seen, I will declare,
16:2 “I have heard many things like these before.
What miserable comforters are you all!
16:7 Surely now he has worn me out,
you have devastated my entire household.
16:15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,
and buried my horn in the dust;
17:1 My spirit is broken,
my days have faded out,
the grave awaits me.
17:4 Because you have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore you will not exalt them.
17:7 My eyes have grown dim with grief;
my whole frame is but a shadow.
17:11 My days have passed, my plans are shattered,
even the desires of my heart.
19:3 These ten times you have been reproaching me;
you are not ashamed to attack me!
19:4 But even if it were true that I have erred,
my error remains solely my concern!
19:18 Even youngsters have scorned me;
when I get up, they scoff at me.
19:19 All my closest friends detest me;
and those whom I love have turned against me.
21:3 Bear with me and I will speak,
and after I have spoken you may mock.
21:29 Have you never questioned those who travel the roads?
Do you not recognize their accounts –
22:13 But you have said, ‘What does God know?
Does he judge through such deep darkness?
22:15 Will you keep to the old path
that evil men have walked –
24:7 They spend the night naked because they lack clothing;
they have no covering against the cold.
26:3 How you have advised the one without wisdom,
and abundantly revealed your insight!
27:14 If his children increase – it is for the sword!
His offspring never have enough to eat.
28:8 Proud beasts have not set foot on it,
and no lion has passed along it.
28:10 He has cut out channels through the rocks;
his eyes have spotted every precious thing.
30:19 He has flung me into the mud,
and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.
30:21 You have become cruel to me;
with the strength of your hand you attack me.
30:25 Have I not wept for the unfortunate?
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
30:29 I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
31:5 If I have walked in falsehood,
and if my foot has hastened to deceit –
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,
31:39 if I have eaten its produce without paying,
or caused the death of its owners,
32:13 So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom!
God will refute him, not man!’
32:15 “They are dismayed and cannot answer any more;
they have nothing left to say.
33:1 “But now, O Job, listen to my words,
and hear everything I have to say!
33:2 See now, I have opened my mouth;
my tongue in my mouth has spoken.
33:8 “Indeed, you have said in my hearing
(I heard the sound of the words!):
33:9 ‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am clean and have no iniquity.
36:24 Remember to extol his work,
which people have praised in song.
38:12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
or made the dawn know its place,
38:18 Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know it all!
38:22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow,
or seen the armory of the hail,
38:28 Does the rain have a father,
or who has fathered the drops of the dew?
39:3 They crouch, they bear their young,
they bring forth the offspring they have carried.
40:5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer;
twice, but I will say no more.”