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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 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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