² "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God's behalf.

³ Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

²⁰ We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

¹⁶ He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

⁷ Will you speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?

⁸ Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?

⁶ Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I am also formed out of the clay.

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."

¹⁹ Therefore thus says Yahweh, If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.

⁷ You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

²² But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.