"Do you intendto reprove[my] words,When the wordsof one in despairbelong to the wind?
"I loathemy own life;I will givefullventto my complaint;I will speakin the bitternessof my soul.
"Should a wisemananswerwith windyknowledgeAnd fillhimselfwith the eastwind?
"Is there [no] limitto windywords?Orwhatplaguesyou that you answer?
But he saidto her, "You speakas oneof the foolishwomenspeaks.Shall we indeedacceptgoodfrom Godand not acceptadversity?"In allthisJobdid not sinwith his lips.
"Whois thisthat darkenscounselBy wordswithoutknowledge?
"OnceI have spoken,and I will not answer;Even twice,and I will addnothingmore."
"Will you reallyannulMy judgment?Will you condemnMe that you may be justified?
Whois thisthat hidescounselwithoutknowledge?'"ThereforeI have declaredthat which I did not understand,Thingstoowonderfulfor me, which I did not know."
It cameabout afterthe LORDhad spokenthesewordsto Job,that the LORDsaidto Eliphazthe Temanite,"My wrathis kindledagainst you and against your twofriends,becauseyou have not spokenof Me what is rightas My servantJobhas.
"Howpainfulare honestwords!But whatdoes your argumentprove?
"For the arrowsof the Almightyare withinme, Their poisonmy spiritdrinks;The terrorsof Godare arrayedagainst me.
"Would that Godwere willingto crushme, That He would looseHis handand cutme off!
"Howlongwill you saythesethings,And the wordsof your mouthbe a mightywind?
Ephraimfeedson wind,And pursuesthe eastwindcontinually;He multipliesliesand violence.Moreover, he makesa covenantwith Assyria,And oilis carriedto Egypt.
"For by your wordsyou will be justified,and by your wordsyou will be condemned."
As a result,we are no longerto be children,tossed here and there by wavesand carried aboutby everywindof doctrine,by the trickeryof men,by craftinessin deceitfulscheming;
