and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

“Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the word spoken gently with you?

“I too could speak like you,
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.

And Job again took up his discourse and said,

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat in the square,

That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment,
For I would have denied God above.

“So I say, ‘Listen to me,
I too will tell what I think.’

“I too will answer my share,
I also will tell my opinion.

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”