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    Does a wise man reason with impotent chatter,
        with bankrupt words of no account?
    Indeed, Job, you have ignored your responsibility to revere God
        and depreciated your own thoughts toward God;
    For your faults inform your speech,
        and your language is tricky.

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Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?(A)
But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(B)
Your sin(C) prompts your mouth;(D)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(E)

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