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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

Job’s Fourth Speech Continues

13 “Look, my eye has seen everything;
my ear has heard and has understood it.
What you[a] know,[b] I myself[c] also know—
I am not more inferior than you.[d]
But I would speak to Shaddai,
and I desire to argue with God.
“But[e] you[f] whitewash with lies;[g]
all of you[h] are worthless healers.[i]
O that[j] you[k] would keep completely silent,
and that it would become wisdom for you.[l]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:2 Plural
  2. Job 13:2 Literally “Like your knowledge”
  3. Job 13:2 Emphatic personal pronoun
  4. Job 13:2 Plural
  5. Job 13:4 Or “And but”
  6. Job 13:4 Plural
  7. Job 13:4 Literally “coverers of lies”
  8. Job 13:4 Plural
  9. Job 13:4 Literally “healers of worthlessness”
  10. Job 13:5 Literally “Who shall give”
  11. Job 13:5 Plural
  12. Job 13:5 Plural