“When do you put an end to words? Understand, and let us then talk.
So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,
He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.
“And yet, O Iyoḇ, please hear my speech and listen to all my words.
“Listen closely to my word, and let this be your comfort.
“Should a multitude of words go unanswered? And should a man of lips be declared right?
“How long are you going to speak like this, since the words of your mouth are a strong wind?
There the wrong cease raging, and there the weary are at rest,
And Bildaḏ the Shuḥite answered and said,
Why should we be reckoned as beasts, as stupid in your eyes?
