And Job continued his discourse:
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job continued his discourse:
I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:
I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Then Balaam spoke his message: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’
Then he spoke his message: “The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,
and he spoke his message: “The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,