10 So I [a]say, ‘Listen to me,
I too will tell [b]what I think.’

11 “Behold, I waited for your words,
I listened to your skillful speech,
While you [c]pondered what to say.
12 I also paid close attention to you;
But [d]indeed, there was no one who refuted Job,
Not one of you who answered his words.
13 So do not say,
(A)We have found wisdom:
God will [e]defeat him, not man.’
14 But he has not presented his words against me,
Nor will I reply to him with your [f]arguments.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:10 Or said
  2. Job 32:10 Lit my knowledge
  3. Job 32:11 Lit searched out words
  4. Job 32:12 Lit Behold
  5. Job 32:13 Lit scatter
  6. Job 32:14 Lit words

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

11 “See, I waited for your words;
    I listened for your wise sayings
    while you searched out what to say.(A)
12 I gave you my attention,
    but there was, in fact, no one who confuted Job,
    no one among you who answered his words.
13 Yet do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;
    God may vanquish him, not a human.’(B)
14 He has not directed his words against me,
    and I will not answer him with your speeches.

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