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.
9. I know this because he says, ‘You will gain nothing if you try to please God.’
10. “You men can understand, so listen to me. God would never do what is evil! God All-Powerful would never do wrong.
11. He pays us back for what we have done. He gives us what we deserve.
12. The truth is that God does no wrong. God All-Powerful is always fair.
13. No one chose God to be in charge of the earth. No one gave him responsibility for the whole world.