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Job kept on speaking, and said,

Then Job spoke again and said,

let thorns grow instead of grain. And let weeds with a bad smell grow instead of barley." The words of Job are finished.

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

But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry at Job because he said he was right with God.

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

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

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.

"But now, Job, hear what I say. Listen to all my words.

Hear what I say, O Job, listen to me. Be quiet and let me speak.

For Job has said, ‘I am right and good, but God has taken away my right.

What man is like Job, who drinks up words against him like water?

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

Job should be tried to the end, because he answers like sinful men.

Job opens his mouth with empty talk. He speaks many words without much learning."

"Hear this, O Job. Stop and think about the great works of God.

Then the Lord answered Job out of the strong wind and said,

Then the Lord said to Job,

Job answered the Lord and said,