I also could speak as you do: if your soul were in my soul's place, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
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Hesychius of Jerusalem
AD 433
Job has phrased this in the form of a question and not in order to look for an argument. This means “Will I really join words together against you? Or will I really shake my head at you? Not at all! It is convenient for the righteous to take upon himself the afflictions of others and not to trample underfoot or to exaggeratedly insist wickedly, as you do concerning my torments.”
