Job 18:2

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“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.

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Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

If one gives answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

“Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation.

“Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be vindicated?

“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?

There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?