13My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. 2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. 3But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God. 4You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless phys...
12Then Job replied: 2Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you! 3But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things? 4I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God a...
11Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: 2Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated? 3Will your idle talk reduce men to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock? 4You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in...
10I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul. 2I will say to God: Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me. 3Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the...
9Then Job replied: 2Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be righteous before God? 3Though one wished to dispute with him, he could not answer him one time out of a thousand. 4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resist...
8Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind. 3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of th...
7Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired man? 2Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages, 3so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have...
6Then Job replied: 2If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! 3It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas- no wonder my words have been impetuous. 4The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in thei...
5Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? 2Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. 3I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. 4His children are far from safety, cr...
4Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 2If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking? 3Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands. 4Your words have supported those who stumble...
