1. Then Job answered and said,
2. “I have heard many things like these; all of you are miserable comforters.
3. Is there a limit to windy words? What provokes you that you answer?
4. I myself also could talk as you, if you were in my place; I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.
5. I could encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would ease the pain.
6. If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I cease, how much will leave me?