¹⁶ If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

² What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

³ Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

⁴ But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

⁵ O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

⁶ Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

³ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?