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If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'

And these three men cease from answering Job, for he [is] righteous in his own eyes,

and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God;

and against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job.

And Elihu seeth that there is no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger burneth.

And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, [Or] answerer of his sayings among you.

Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?

He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.

And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!

And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:

Fresher [is] his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.

He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.

To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.

If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.