12. "But I'm telling you that you aren't right when you talk like that. After all, God is greater than a mere man.
13. Why do you claim that God never answers any of our questions?
14. He speaks in one way and then another. We might not even realize it.
15. He might speak in a dream or in a vision at night. That's when people are sound asleep in their beds.
16. He might speak in their ears. His warnings might terrify them.
17. He warns men in order to turn them away from sinning. He wants to keep them from being proud.
18. He wants to stop them from going down into the grave. He doesn't want them to be killed with swords.
19. Someone might be punished by suffering in bed. The pain in his bones might never go away.
20. He might feel so bad he can't eat anything. He might even hate the finest food.
21. His body might waste away to nothing. His bones might have been hidden. But now they stick out.
22. He might approach the very edge of the grave. The messengers of death might come for him.
23. "But suppose there is an angel who will speak up for him. The angel is very special. He's one out of a thousand. He will tell that person what is right for him.