「若有人向你進言，你會厭煩嗎？可是，誰能忍住不說呢？

“人若想与你说话，你就厌烦吗？但谁能忍住不说呢？

“人想与你说话，你就厌烦吗？但谁能忍住不发言呢？

“人想与你说话，你就厌烦吗？但谁能忍住不发言呢？

“若有人向你进言，你会厌烦吗？可是，谁能忍住不说呢？

“人若对你说一句话，你就厌烦吗？但谁又忍得住不说话呢？

人若想與你說話，你就厭煩嗎？但誰能忍住不說呢？

「人想與你說話，你就厭煩嗎？但誰能忍住不發言呢？

「人想與你說話，你就厭煩嗎？但誰能忍住不發言呢？

“人若對你說一句話，你就厭煩嗎？但誰又忍得住不說話呢？

『冒昧試要跟你說話、你耐不住麼？但抑制着不說、誰能夠呢？

人若試與爾言、爾厭之乎、然誰能自禁不言耶、

我欲與爾言、恐爾厭聞、然不得不言、

若敢與爾言、恐爾厭煩、然誰能含忍不語乎、

“ If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?

“ Job, suppose someone tries to talk to you. Will that make you uneasy? I can’t keep from speaking up.

“ If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking?

“ Will you be patient and let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out?

Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking?

“ If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

“ If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking?

[ If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

“ If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

“ If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

因為我心裡積滿了話，我裡面的靈催促我說出來。我裡面像盛滿了酒，卻沒有出口，又如將要破裂的新酒袋。我要一吐為快，我要開口答覆。

我們耳聞目睹的，不能不說！」

有時我打算不再提起耶和華，不再奉祂的名宣講，但祂的話如一團火在我心中燃燒，憋在我骨頭裡，我無法忍住不說。

我萬分難過、淚流滿面地給你們寫了前一封信，並非要使你們憂傷，而是要你們明白我是多麼疼愛你們。那個令人痛心的人與其說使我憂傷，倒不如說使你們大家都有幾分憂傷。我只說幾分憂傷，是怕說得太重，他受不了。這樣的人受了眾人的譴責也就夠了。

耶和華啊，我怒你所怒，無法容忍。耶和華說：「你把我的怒氣發向街頭的孩童和聚集成群的青年。丈夫、妻子和老人都要一同被擄。

我曾為從前寫的那封信令你們憂傷而後悔，但現在不後悔了，因為我知道那封信令你們憂傷只是暫時的。現在我很歡喜，當然不是因為你們憂傷而歡喜，而是看見你們因憂傷而悔改了。因為你們這樣憂傷合乎上帝的心意，使你們不致因我們而受到任何損失。合乎上帝心意的憂傷會帶來悔改，使人得到救恩，永不後悔，但世俗的憂傷只會帶來死亡。