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10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
    let me also declare my opinion.’

11 “Behold, I waited for your words,
    I listened for your wise sayings,
    while you searched out what to say.
12 I gave you my attention,
    and, behold, there was none that confuted Job,
    or that answered his words, among you.
13 Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom;
    God may vanquish him, not man.’
14 He has not directed his words against me,
    and I will not answer him with your speeches.

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10 “Therefore I say: Listen to me;(A)
    I too will tell you what I know.(B)
11 I waited while you spoke,
    I listened to your reasoning;
while you were searching for words,
12     I gave you my full attention.
But not one of you has proved Job wrong;
    none of you has answered his arguments.(C)
13 Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;(D)
    let God, not a man, refute(E) him.’
14 But Job has not marshaled his words against me,(F)
    and I will not answer him with your arguments.

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