Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes

13 (A)Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
(B)What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

“But (C)I would speak to [a]the Almighty,
And I desire to (D)argue with God.
But you (E)smear me with lies;
You are all (F)worthless physicians.
Oh that you would (G)be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:3 Heb Shaddai

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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