¹ Job again took up his parable, and said,

⁷ He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.

¹⁵ He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, The man whose eye was closed says;

¹ Job again took up his parable, and said,

³ He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, The man whose eye was closed says;

⁴ I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

² I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

⁷ Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.