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Job replies to Zophar[a]

12 Then Job replied. This is what he said:

‘You people think that you know everything.
    You think that there will be no wisdom after you die.
But I understand things as well as you.
    You are no better than I am.
Everyone knows the things that you have been saying.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:1 In chapters 12 to 14, Job speaks, first to Zophar and then to God. The things that Zophar has said do not help Job. Job knows everything that Zophar has told him. The wrong things that he has done have not caused his troubles. He knows that. Then Job speaks to God. He asks God to stop making him afraid. He asks God to stop all the bad things that are happening.