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Have the men of my tent not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat'?

Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was right and good in his own eyes.

And he was angry at his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had said that Job was wrong.

I was careful to listen to you. There was no one who could prove that Job was wrong. None of you could answer his words.

Now Job has not spoken his words against me. And I will not answer him with your words.

He keeps his soul from going to the place of the dead. And He keeps his life from being destroyed by the sword.

"Man is also punished with pain on his bed and has pain all the time in his bones.

His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen. His bones which were not seen stick out.

His soul comes close to the grave, and his life to those who bring death.

Let his flesh become young again. Let him return to the days when he was young and strong.'

Then he will pray to God, and God will be pleased with him. He will see His face with joy. And God will make man right with Him again.

to turn back his soul from the grave, that he may see the light of life.

If He should take back His spirit and His breath,

Who shows no favor to princes, or thinks of the rich as more important than the poor? They are all the work of His hands.

"For God's eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.

Because they turned aside from following Him. They did not care about any of His ways.

When He keeps quiet, who can say He is wrong? When He hides His face, who can see Him? But He is over both nation and man.

‘Job speaks without much learning. His words are without wisdom.

To his sin he adds a strong will against God. Making fun he claps his hands among us, and speaks many words against God.'"

And now, because God has not punished in His anger, and does not watch for sin,