1. Then Elihu continued his speech:
2. “Listen to what I say, you wise men. Pay attention, you who know so much.
3. Your tongue tastes the food it touches, and your ear tests the words it hears.
4. So let us test these arguments and decide for ourselves what is right. Together we will learn what is good.
5. Job says, ‘I am innocent, and God is not being fair to me.
6. I am right, but I am judged to be a liar. I have done no wrong, but I am badly hurt.’
7. “Would anyone but Job say such things? He has more thirst for insulting God than for water.
8. He is a friend of evil people. He likes to spend time with the wicked.