Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?

If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.

And Job will answer and say,

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

So how am I to answer him, choosing what I am to say to him?

"Were I to be summoned, and he were to answer me, I wouldn't even believe that he was listening to what I have to say.

“If it is a matter of strength and power, behold, He is mighty!
And if of justice, who can summon and challenge Him?

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Zophar from Naamath had this to say:

For you say, 'My teaching [is] pure, and I am clean in your sight.'

And Job will answer and say,

“With the aged [you say] is wisdom,
And with long life is understanding.

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

and EliPhaz the Temanite will answer and say,

Your iniquity teaches you what to say,
and you choose the language of the crafty.

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

And Job will answer and say,

Shall not thy vain words come yet to an end? Or, hast thou yet any more to say?

It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

and encourage you with what I have to say; my words of comfort would lessen your pain.

If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

They change the night into day: The light,'say they , is near unto the darkness.

If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’

And Bildad the Shuhite will answer and say,

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

And Job will answer and say,

My wife says my breath stinks; even my children say I smell bad!

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

And the Naainathite will answer and say,

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

And Job will answer and say,

Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);
The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

Ye say , God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

And Eliphaz the Temanite will answer and say,

“You say, ‘What does God know [about me]?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

Job's response was to say:

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth;
They do not turn toward the vineyards.

And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

And Bildad the Shuhite will answer and say,

And Job will answer and say,

Who helped you say all of this? Who inspired you?"

And Job will add to take up his parable, and say,

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

Far be it from me that {I would say that you are right}; until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.

I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

And he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

And Job will add to lift up his parable, and say,

And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

After I spoke, they had nothing to say, when what I said hit them.

If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, 'O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite will answer and say, I few for days, and ye old men; for this I was afraid, and I shall fear showing you my knowledge.

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

Therefore I say, Hearken to me; I also will shew what I know.

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

“And shall I wait, because they say nothing,
But stand still and say no more?

because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

“However, Job, please listen to my words,
And pay attention to everything I say.

My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

[Thou say,] Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

‘He puts my feet in the stocks [to hinder and humiliate me];
He [suspiciously] watches all my paths,’ [you say].

Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

“If not [and you have nothing to say], listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

And Elihu will answer and say,

"Listen to what I have to say, you wise men! Pay attention to me, you educated people!

For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.

How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];

“Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it?
For you must do the choosing, and not I;
Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.

Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:

Job has been speaking from his own ignorance, and what he has to say lacks insight!

And Elihu will answer and say,

"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?

For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who gives songs [of rejoicing] in the night,

“Even though you say that you do not see Him [when missing His righteous judgment on earth],
Yet your case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!

And Elihu went on to say,