2. "Job, if you were wise, would you answer us with a lot of meaningless talk? Would you fill your stomach with the hot east wind?
3. Would you argue with useless words? Would you give worthless speeches?
4. But you even cause others to lose their respect for God. You make it hard for them to be faithful to him.
5. Your sin makes you say evil things. You talk like people who twist the truth.
6. Your own mouth judges you, not mine. Your own lips witness against you.
7. "Are you the first man who was ever born? Were you created before the hills?
8. Do you listen in when God speaks with his angels? Do you think you are the only wise person?
9. What do you know that we don't know? What understanding do you have that we don't have?
10. People who are old and gray are on our side. And they are even older than your parents!
11. Aren't God's words of comfort enough for you? He speaks them to you gently.
12. Why have you let your wild ideas carry you away? Why do your eyes flash with anger?
13. Why do you get so angry with God? Why do words like those pour out of your mouth?
14. "Can human beings really be pure? Can mere men really be right with God?
15. God doesn't trust his holy angels. Even the heavens aren't pure in his sight.
16. So he'll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are evil and sinful. They drink up evil as if it were water.