A toss of a coin ¹  ends ²  disputes, and settles the issue ³  between strong opponents. ⁴ 

Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! ¹  Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate! ² 

But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

When ¹  I hear a reproof that dishonors ²  me, then my understanding ³  prompts me to answer. ⁴ 

But when Elihu saw ¹  that the three men had no further reply, ²  he became very angry.

Tell us what we should ¹  say to him. We cannot prepare a case ²  because of the darkness.

“Will the one who contends ¹  with the Almighty correct him? ²  Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

A relative ¹  offended ²  is harder to reach than ³  a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates ⁴  of a fortified citadel. ⁵ 

A foolish child ¹  is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife ²  is like ³  a constant dripping. ⁴ 

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest you yourself also be like him. ² 

Answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest he be wise in his own estimation. ² 

Remind me of what happened! Let’s debate! You, prove to me that you are right! ¹ 

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

With many other words he testified ¹  and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse ²  generation!”

for he refuted the Jews vigorously ¹  in public debate, ²  demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ ³  was Jesus. ⁴ 

With Job’s ¹  three friends he was also angry, because they could not find ²  an answer, and so declared Job guilty. ³ 

Who has woe? ¹  Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness ²  of the eyes?

But Saul became more and more capable, ¹  and was causing consternation ²  among the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving ³  that Jesus ⁴  is the Christ. ⁵ 

Rather they had several points of disagreement ¹  with him about their own religion ²  and about a man named Jesus ³  who was dead, whom Paul claimed ⁴  to be alive.