Some time later, divine beings again presented themselves to the LORD, and Satan accompanied them to present himself to the LORD.

Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.

For he knows mankind's deceitfulness; when he sees iniquity, won't he himself consider it?

He feels only his own pain, and grieves only for himself."

Let him not trust in a worthless speech. He leads only himself astray, for emptiness will be his reward.

"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.

"Can a human being be useful to God, since he, who is wise, is sufficient to himself?

But then Barachel's son Elihu from Buz, one of Ram's descendants, got really angry. He was furious with Job because he had been declaring himself righteous instead of vindicating God.

If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life,