1. Job replied to the Lord,
2. "I know that you can do anything. No one can keep you from doing what you plan to do.
3. You asked me, 'Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.' I spoke about things I didn't completely understand. I talked about things that were too wonderful for me to know.
4. "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak. I will ask you some questions. Then I want you to answer me.'
5. My ears had heard about you. But now my own eyes have seen you.
6. So I hate myself. I'm really sorry for what I said about you. That's why I'm sitting in dust and ashes."
7. After the Lord finished speaking to Job, he spoke to Eliphaz the Temanite. He said, "I am angry with you and your two friends. You have not said what is true about me, as my servant Job has.