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10 Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me;
    I also will show my opinion.’

11 “Behold, I waited for your words,
    and I listened for your reasoning,
    while you searched out what to say.
12 Yes, I gave you my full attention,
    but there was no one who convinced Job,
    or who answered his words, among you.
13 Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom.
    God may refute him, not man;’
14 for he has not directed his words against me;
    neither will I answer him with your speeches.

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10 Therefore I’m saying, ‘Listen to me!’
    Then I’ll declare what I know.

11 “Look! I have waited to hear your speech,
    so I listened to your insights
        while you searched for the right words to say.[a]
12 Indeed, I paid close attention to you all,
    but none of you were able to refute[b] Job
        or answer his arguments convincingly.

13 “So that you cannot claim, ‘We have found wisdom!’
    let God do the rebuking, not man;
14 let him not direct a rebuke toward me.
    I won’t be responding to him with your arguments.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:11 The Heb. lacks to say
  2. Job 32:12 Or rebuke