1 Then Job replied:
2 ‘I have heard many things like these;you are miserable comforters, all of you!
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?What ails you that you keep on arguing?
4 I also could speak like you,if you were in my place;I could make fine speeches against youand shake my head at you.
5 But my mouth would encourage you;comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
6 ‘Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;and if I refrain, it does not go away.