Job 21:3

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Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.

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  • Job 16:10 : 10 They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.
  • Job 17:2 : 2 Surely mockers are with me, and my eye must dwell on their provocations.
  • Job 16:20 : 20 My intercessors are my friends; my eye drips to God.
  • Job 12:4-5 : 4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I who called on God and He answered me, a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!" 5 "Those who are at ease hold contempt for misfortune, as if it were prepared for the feet of those slipping."
  • Job 13:9 : 9 Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?
  • Job 13:13 : 13 Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!
  • Job 33:31-33 : 31 Pay attention, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. 32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you. 33 But if not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.

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    3Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you?

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    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

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    1But now, Job, please listen to my words and pay attention to all I have to say.

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    20Let me speak so that I may find relief; let me open my lips and answer.

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    31Pay attention, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

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    3But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.

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    2Surely mockers are with me, and my eye must dwell on their provocations.

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    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

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    2And Job answered and said:

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    4"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I who called on God and He answered me, a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!"

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