“I will show you, hear me; and what I have seen I will declare
“Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
(what wise men have told, and their fathers 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.
Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.”