26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
    and treat my desperate words as wind?(A)

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“How long will you say such things?(A)
    Your words are a blustering wind.(B)

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14 Then we will no longer be infants,(A) tossed back and forth by the waves,(B) and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.(C)

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37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(A)

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12 [a]Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.

Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job(A), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,(B) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.(C)

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You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’(A)
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.(B)

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“Would you discredit my justice?(A)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(B)

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I spoke once, but I have no answer(A)
    twice, but I will say no more.”(B)

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“Who is this that obscures my plans(A)
    with words without knowledge?(B)

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For the ear tests words
    as the tongue tastes food.(A)
Let us discern for ourselves what is right;(B)
    let us learn together what is good.(C)

“Job says, ‘I am innocent,(D)
    but God denies me justice.(E)
Although I am right,
    I am considered a liar;(F)
although I am guiltless,(G)
    his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’(H)
Is there anyone like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water?(I)
He keeps company with evildoers;
    he associates with the wicked.(J)
For he says, ‘There is no profit
    in trying to please God.’(K)

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10 “I loathe my very life;(A)
    therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
    and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.(B)

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that God would be willing to crush(A) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(B)

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Think how you have instructed many,(A)
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.(B)
Your words have supported those who stumbled;(C)
    you have strengthened faltering knees.(D)

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“May the day of my birth perish,
    and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(A)
That day—may it turn to darkness;
    may God above not care about it;
    may no light shine on it.
May gloom and utter darkness(B) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.
That night—may thick darkness(C) seize it;
    may it not be included among the days of the year
    nor be entered in any of the months.
May that night be barren;
    may no shout of joy(D) be heard in it.
May those who curse days[a] curse that day,(E)
    those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(F)
May its morning stars become dark;
    may it wait for daylight in vain
    and not see the first rays of dawn,(G)
10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
    to hide trouble from my eyes.

11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
    and die as I came from the womb?(H)
12 Why were there knees to receive me(I)
    and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(J) in peace;
    I would be asleep and at rest(K)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(L)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(M)
15 with princes(N) who had gold,
    who filled their houses with silver.(O)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(P)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?(Q)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(R)
    and there the weary are at rest.(S)
18 Captives(T) also enjoy their ease;
    they no longer hear the slave driver’s(U) shout.(V)
19 The small and the great are there,(W)
    and the slaves are freed from their owners.

20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
    and life to the bitter of soul,(X)
21 to those who long for death that does not come,(Y)
    who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(Z)
22 who are filled with gladness
    and rejoice when they reach the grave?(AA)
23 Why is life given to a man
    whose way is hidden,(AB)
    whom God has hedged in?(AC)
24 For sighing(AD) has become my daily food;(AE)
    my groans(AF) pour out like water.(AG)
25 What I feared has come upon me;
    what I dreaded(AH) has happened to me.(AI)
26 I have no peace,(AJ) no quietness;
    I have no rest,(AK) but only turmoil.”(AL)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:8 Or curse the sea

10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(A)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

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