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Job 16:3

God's Word

Will ⌞your⌟ long-winded speeches never end? What disturbs you that you keep on answering ⌞me⌟?

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“Should a wise person answer with endless details and fill his stomach with the east wind?

I have heard criticism that makes me ashamed, but a spirit beyond my understanding gives me answers.

Certainly, you have all seen it. Why then do you chatter on about such nonsense?

Do you think my words need correction? Do you think they’re what a desperate person says to the wind?

“How long will you say these things? How long will your words be so windy?

No one could answer him, and from that time on no one dared to ask him another question.

They must be silenced because they are ruining whole families by teaching what they shouldn’t teach. This is the shameful way they make money.

Speak an accurate message that cannot be condemned. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed because they cannot say anything bad about us.

This happened year after year. Whenever Hannah went to the Lord’s house, Peninnah would make her miserable, and Hannah would cry and not eat.