1. And Iyov answered and said,
2. Doubtless then ye are the people, and chochmah shall die with you.
3. But I have levav (understanding) as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4. I am as a laughingstock to his neighbor: The man who calleth upon Eloah [they say of me], and He answereth him! [To them I am] a laughingstock, the tzaddik, the tamim (blameless one)!
5. Those at ease have buz (contempt) for a downfall which awaits the one whose regel is slipping.
6. The ohalim of shodedim (robbers) remain in peace; they that defy El are secure, who Eloah brought forth by His yad.
7. But ask now the behemot, and they shall teach thee, and the oph haShomayim (birds of the air), and they shall tell thee;
8. Or speak to ha'aretz, and it shall teach thee; and the dagim of the yam shall declare unto thee.
9. Of all of these, who lacketh da'as that the yad Hashem hath wrought this?
10. In whose yad is the nefesh of every living thing, and the ruach of kol basar ish.
11. Doth not the ozen (ear) test words? And the mouth tastes its ochel?