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13 My eyes have certainly seen all this.
My ears have heard it and understood it.
Whatever you know, I know every bit as well.
I do not fall short of you in any way.

But I want to speak to the Almighty.
I am eager to argue my case with God.
All you do is plaster over problems[a] with lies.
Such useless healers, all of you!
I wish you would shut up completely.
For you, that would be wisdom!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:4 Or plaster me

13 “My eyes have seen all this,(A)
    my ears have heard and understood it.
What you know, I also know;
    I am not inferior to you.(B)
But I desire to speak to the Almighty(C)
    and to argue my case with God.(D)
You, however, smear me with lies;(E)
    you are worthless physicians,(F) all of you!(G)
If only you would be altogether silent!(H)
    For you, that would be wisdom.(I)

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