Job 16:3

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Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

How long will you go on saying these things?
Your words are a blast of wind.

Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
or fill himself with the hot east wind?

I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
and my understanding makes me reply.

He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.

No one was able to answer Him at all, and from that day no one dared to question Him anymore.

It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.