³ Bear with me, and I will speak;
    then after I have spoken, mock on.^(A)

² Surely there are mockers around me,
    and my eye dwells on their provocation.^(A)

¹⁰ They have gaped at me with their mouths;
    they have struck me insolently on the cheek;
    they mass themselves together against me.^(A)

²⁰ My friends scorn me;
    my eye pours out tears to God,

³¹ Pay heed, Job, listen to me;
    be silent, and I will speak.
³² If you have anything to say, answer me;
    speak, for I desire to justify you.
³³ If not, listen to me;
    be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”^(A)

⁹ Will it be well with you when he searches you out?
    Or can you deceive him as one person deceives another?^(A)

⁴ I am a laughingstock to my friends;
    I, who called upon God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.^(A)
5 Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,^[a]
    but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.^(B)