2. “If you were really wise, you would not answer with your worthless personal opinions! A wise man would not be so full of hot air.
3. Do you think a wise man would use empty words and meaningless speeches to win his arguments?
4. If you had your way, no one would respect God and pray to him.
5. What you say clearly shows your sin. Job, you are trying to hide your sin by using clever words.
6. I don’t need to prove to you that you are wrong. The words from your own mouth show that you are wrong. Your own lips speak against you.
7. “Do you think you were the first person ever to be born? Were you born before the hills?
8. Did you listen to God’s secret plans? Do you think you are the only wise person?
9. We know as much as you do! We understand as well as you.
10. The old, gray-haired men agree with us. People older than your father are on our side.
11. God tries to comfort you, but that is not enough for you. We have spoken his message to you in a gentle way.
12. Why will you not understand? Why can you not see the truth?
13. You are expressing your anger against God when you say these things.
14. “People cannot really be pure. They cannot be more right than God!
15. God does not even trust his angels. He does not even think the sky is pure.
16. People are even worse. They are disgusting and dirty. They drink up evil like water.
17. “Listen to me, and I will explain it to you. Let me tell you what I have seen.
18. I will tell you what wise men would say, things they heard from their fathers and then freely passed on. They didn’t hide any secrets from me.
19. These are important people in our country! Everyone knows who they are.