² How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

⁵ Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

⁶ As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

¹³ He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

¹ Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

² Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

² I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

³ Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

⁵ O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

⁶ Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

² How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

¹⁹ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: