“I will show you; listen to me; what I have seen I will declare—
“Look, my eye has seen all this; my ear has heard and understood it.
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!
what sages have told and their ancestors have not hidden,
“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
“Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know,
“Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.
See, we have searched this out; it is true. Hear, and know it for yourself.”