eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet.

They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.

A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth – just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!” The words of Job are ended.

They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

Under three things the earth trembles, and under four things it cannot bear up:

Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.

you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him.

Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

“The dead tremble – those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles.

They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.