Job 16:2

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Job 16:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Job answered:

2 “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

3 Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

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