Job 15
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Job 15:2-13

2“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

3Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

4But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

7“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

10The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.

11Are God’s consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?

12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

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