² "Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.

⁷ When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

² Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

² "Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

³¹ Mark well, Job, and listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will speak.

³² If you have anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify you.

³³ If not, listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."

¹ "However, Job, Please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

² "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

² "I have heard many such things. Miserable comforters are you all!

¹¹ Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word that is gentle toward you?

³ "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

⁴ But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

¹ Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.