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·Your advice lacks wisdom [or You have brought no counsel to those without wisdom]!
    You have shown little understanding!
·Who has helped you say these words [L Whose words do you speak]?
    And ·where did you get these ideas [L whose breath comes from you]?

“The ·spirits of the dead [shades; L Rephaim; C departed ancestors] tremble,
    ·those who are beneath and in the waters [L the waters and their inhabitants are terrified; C symbol for the forces of evil].

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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight(A) you have displayed!
Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(B)

“The dead are in deep anguish,(C)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

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