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"But now [those] younger than I, as far as days, laugh at me, whose fathers I rejected for setting with the dogs of my sheep and goats. Moreover, {what use to me is the strength of their hands}? With them, vigor is destroyed. Through want and through barren hunger they are gnawing [in the] dry region [in the] darkness of desolation and waste. read more.
They are picking salt herbs, the leaves of bushes, and [the] roots of broom trees to warm themselves. They were driven out from fellow people; they shout at them as [at] a thief, {so that they dwell} [in] holes of [the] ground and [in the] rocks. They bray among [the] bushes; they are gathered under [the] nettles. {A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land. "But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them. They abhor me; they keep aloof from me, and they do not withhold spit from my face
They are picking salt herbs, the leaves of bushes, and [the] roots of broom trees to warm themselves. They were driven out from fellow people; they shout at them as [at] a thief, {so that they dwell} [in] holes of [the] ground and [in the] rocks. They bray among [the] bushes; they are gathered under [the] nettles. {A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land. "But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them. They abhor me; they keep aloof from me, and they do not withhold spit from my face
"But you {whitewash with lies}; all of you [are] {worthless healers}. {O that} you would keep completely silent, and [that] it would become wisdom for you. Please hear my argument, and listen attentively [to the] pleadings of my lips. read more.
"Will you speak falsely for God? And will you speak deceitfully for him? {Will you show partiality for him}? Or do you want to plead God's case? [Will it be] well, if he examines you? Or can you deceive him like deceiving a human being? "Surely he will rebuke you if {you show partiality} in secret. Will not his majesty terrify you, and his dread fall upon you? Your maxims [are] proverbs of ashes; your defenses [are] defenses of clay. "{Let me have silence}, and I myself will speak, and let come over me whatever [may].
"Will you speak falsely for God? And will you speak deceitfully for him? {Will you show partiality for him}? Or do you want to plead God's case? [Will it be] well, if he examines you? Or can you deceive him like deceiving a human being? "Surely he will rebuke you if {you show partiality} in secret. Will not his majesty terrify you, and his dread fall upon you? Your maxims [are] proverbs of ashes; your defenses [are] defenses of clay. "{Let me have silence}, and I myself will speak, and let come over me whatever [may].
Then Job answered and said, "I have heard many [things] like these; all of you [are] {miserable comforters}. [Is there] a limit to windy words? What provokes you that you answer? read more.
I myself also could talk as you, if {you were in my place}; I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.
I myself also could talk as you, if {you were in my place}; I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.
{Surely} mockery [is] with me, and my eye {rests} on their provocation.
Then Job answered and said, "{How long} will you torment me and crush me with words? These ten times you have disgraced me; you are not ashamed [that] you have attacked me. read more.
And what is more, [if] I have truly erred, my error remains with me. If indeed you must magnify yourselves against me, and you must let my disgrace argue against me,
And what is more, [if] I have truly erred, my error remains with me. If indeed you must magnify yourselves against me, and you must let my disgrace argue against me,
Silence » Keep » Men commanded to keep silent
Then the sons of the prophets who [were in] Bethel came out to Elisha, and they said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh [is] going to take your master {from you} today?" He said, "I also know; be quiet!"
And many [people] warned him that he should be quiet. But he was crying out {even more loudly}, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Yahweh will fight for you, and you must be quiet."
And they said to him, "Keep quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be for us a father and a priest. Is it better being a priest for a house of one man or being a priest for a tribe and clan in Israel?"
So the Levites silenced all of the people, saying, "Silence, for this day is holy. Do not be grieved."
"{Let me have silence}, and I myself will speak, and let come over me whatever [may].
"Listen attentively, Job; listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.