² How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

⁵ Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

⁶ That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

¹³ To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

¹ And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

² Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.

² Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.

³ May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

⁵ If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

⁶ Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

² Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

² How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

¹⁷ There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

¹⁹ You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;