1. Then Iyov answered and said,
2. I have heard many such things; menachamei amal (miserable comforters) are ye all.
3. Shall divrei ruach (vain words) have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
4. I also could speak as ye do; if your nefesh were in place of my nefesh, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5. But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my shfatayim (lips) should relieve your grief.
6. Though I speak, my grief is not relieved, and though I forbear, mah (what) alleviation is it for me?