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Job 16:1-7
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Job 16:1-7
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Then Job defended himself:
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"I've had all I can take of your talk. What a bunch of miserable comforters!
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Is there no end to your windbag speeches? What's your problem that you go on and on like this?
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If you were in my shoes, I could talk just like you. I could put together a terrific harangue and really let you have it.
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But I'd never do that. I'd console and comfort, make things better, not worse!
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"When I speak up, I feel no better; if I say nothing, that doesn't help either.
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I feel worn down. God, you have wasted me totally - me and my family!
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.