³⁰ Do you think I am lying?
    Don’t I know the difference between right and wrong?

¹¹ The ear tests the words it hears
    just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.

³ You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’
    It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
    things far too wonderful for me.
⁴ You said, ‘Listen and I will speak!
    I have some questions for you,
    and you must answer them.’
⁵ I had only heard about you before,
    but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
⁶ I take back everything I said,
    and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”

³ Job said, ‘The ear tests the words it hears
    just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.’

⁸ “You have spoken in my hearing,
    and I have heard your very words.
⁹ You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin;
    I am innocent; I have no guilt.
¹⁰ God is picking a quarrel with me,
    and he considers me his enemy.
¹¹ He puts my feet in the stocks
    and watches my every move.’

¹² “But you are wrong, and I will show you why.
    For God is greater than any human being.

⁶ Don’t people complain about unsalted food?
    Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?^[a]