26 Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?(A)

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26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
    and treat my desperate words as wind?(A)

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Does a wise man answer with empty[a] counsel(A)
or fill himself[b] with the hot east wind?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:2 Lit windy; Jb 16:3
  2. Job 15:2 Lit his belly

“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(A)

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Is there no end to your empty[a](A) words?
What provokes you that you continue testifying?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:3 Lit windy; Jb 15:2

Will your long-winded speeches never end?(A)
    What ails you that you keep on arguing?(B)

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