³⁷ To his sin he adds rebellion;
    scornfully he claps his hands^(A) among us
    and multiplies his words^(B) against God.”^(C)

²³ It claps its hands^(A) in derision
    and hisses him out of his place.”^(B)

¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient,^(A)
    you will eat the good things of the land;^(B)
20 but if you resist and rebel,^(C)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”^(D)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(E)

²³ For rebellion is like the sin of divination,^(A)
    and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected^(B) the word of the Lord,
    he has rejected you as king.”

¹⁶ So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;^(A)
    without knowledge he multiplies words.”^(B)

² “Do you think this is just?
    You say, ‘I am in the right,^(A) not God.’^(B)
3 Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,^[a]
    and what do I gain by not sinning?’^(C)

² “Even today my complaint^(A) is bitter;^(B)
    his hand^[a] is heavy in spite of^[b] my groaning.^(C)

² “Are all these words to go unanswered?^(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?^(B)
3 Will your idle talk^(C) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?^(D)