Job 21:3

Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.

Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.

My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God,

I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?

"Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.

Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

"Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.

Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?

Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.

Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.

Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips.