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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 So listen to me,
    and let me tell you what I think.

11 “I have waited all this time,
    listening very carefully to your arguments,
    listening to you grope for words.
12 I have listened,
    but not one of you has refuted Job
    or answered his arguments.
13 And don’t tell me, ‘He is too wise for us.
    Only God can convince him.’
14 If Job had been arguing with me,
    I would not answer with your kind of logic!

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