1. Then Job answered,
2. "I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all.
3. "Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer?
4. "I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.
5. "I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
6. "If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
7. "But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.
8. "You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face.
9. "His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me.
10. "They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.