² “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge
    and fill themselves with the east wind?^(A)
3 Should they argue in unprofitable talk
    or in words that can do no good?
⁴ But you are doing away with the fear of God
    and hindering meditation before God.
⁵ For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
    and you choose the tongue of the crafty.^(B)
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I;
    your own lips testify against you.^(C)

⁷ “Are you the firstborn of the human race?
    Were you brought forth before the hills?^(D)
8 Have you listened in the council of God?
    And do you limit wisdom to yourself?^(E)
9 What do you know that we do not know?
    What do you understand that is not clear to us?^(F)
10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side,
    those older than your father.^(G)
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you
    or the word that deals gently with you?^(H)
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
    and why do your eyes flash,^[a]
13 so that you turn your spirit against God,
    and let such words go out of your mouth?^(I)