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Then Job answered and said,

Then Job again took up his discourse and said,

Then Job again took up his discourse and said,

let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.

Then these three men ceased from answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, became angry. He became angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God,

and he became angry at his three friends because they had not found an answer, and they had declared Job guilty.

Thus Elihu had waited for Job to speak because they were older than he.

And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no one for Job who refuted, answering his words among you.

"But now, please hear my speeches, Job, and hear all my words.

"Listen attentively, Job; listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

for Job has said, ‘I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

‘Job speaks without knowledge, and his words are without insight.

Would that Job were tested up to the end because his answers are like those from men of mischief,

therefore Job opens his mouth in empty talk— without knowledge he multiplies words."

"Hear this, Job; stand still and consider carefully God's wondrous works.

Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,

Then Yahweh answered Job and said,

So Job answered Yahweh and said,