1. And Iyoḇ answered and said,
2. “How long would you grieve my life, and crush me with words?
3. These ten times you have insulted me, shamelessly you attack me.
4. Even if I have truly gone astray, my straying remains with me.
5. If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me, and plead against me my reproach,
6. know then that Eloah has overthrown me, and has surrounded me with His net.
7. See, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I am not heard. I cry aloud, but there is no right-ruling.
8. He has fenced up my way, and I pass not over. And He has placed darkness in my paths.
9. He has stripped me of my esteem, and taken the crown from my head.
10. He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; and uproots my expectancy like a tree.
11. And He kindled His wrath against me, and He counts me as one of His enemies.
12. His companies come together, and they cast up their way against me, and encamp all around my tent.
13. He has removed my brothers far away from me, and my friends are completely estranged from me.