1. Then Job answered the Lord:
2. “I know that you can do all things.No plan of yours can be ruined.
3. You asked, ‘Who is this that made my purpose unclear by saying things that are not true?’Surely I talked about things I did not understand.I spoke of things too wonderful for me to know.
4. You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak.I will ask you questions.And you must answer me.’
5. My ears had heard of you before.But now my eyes have seen you.
6. So now I hate myself.I will change my heart and life and sit in the dust and ashes.”
7. After the Lord had said these things to Job, he spoke to Eliphaz the Temanite. The Lord said to him, “I am angry with you and your two friends. This is because you have not said what is right about me. But my servant Job did.