Job 21:3

“Bear with me that I may speak;
Then after I have spoken, you may mock.

“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.

“Surely mockers are with me,
And my eye gazes on their provocation.

“My friends are my scoffers;
My eye weeps to God.

“I am a joke to my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and blameless man is a joke.

“Will it be well when He examines you?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?

“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.

“Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and let me speak.

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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.

“Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and let me speak.

“I am a joke to my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and blameless man is a joke.

“Will it be well when He examines you?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?

“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have

slapped me on the cheek with contempt;

They have massed themselves against me.

“Surely mockers are with me,
And my eye gazes on their provocation.

“Please hear my argument
And listen to the contentions of my lips.