Moreover Job continued his discourse:
He took up his parable and said: “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, and the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;
Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying: “Balak has brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel!’
Like the legs of the lame that hang limp, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will speak mysteries of old,
I will incline my ear to a parable; I will reveal my riddle with the music of the harp.
He took up his proverb and said: “Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said,
Your reminders are parables made of ashes; your answers are answers made of clay.
