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Job 21:3

New International Reader's Version

Put up with me while I speak. After I’ve spoken, you can make fun of me!

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Your useless talk won’t keep us quiet. Someone has to correct you when you make fun of truth.

“So be quiet and let me speak. Then I won’t care what happens to me.

Would it turn out well if he looked you over carefully? Could you fool him as you might fool human beings?

People make fun of me. They slap my face and laugh at me. All of them join together against me.

My go-between is my friend as I pour out my tears to God.

People who make fun of me are all around me. I’m forced to watch as they attack me with their words.

“Listen carefully to what I’m saying. Let that be the comfort you people give me.

You have seen those things yourselves. So why do you continue your useless talk?