1 Job replied,
2 "I've heard many of those things before. You are terrible at comforting me!
3 Your speeches go on forever. Won't they ever end? What's wrong with you? Why do you keep on arguing?
4 If you and I changed places, I could say the same things you are saying. I could make fine speeches against you. I could shake my head at you.
5 But what I might say would give you hope. My words of comfort would help you.
6 "If I speak, it doesn't help me. And if I keep quiet, my pain doesn't go away.