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16 “If you have understanding, hear this;
    listen to what I say.

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What you know, I also know;
    I am not inferior to you.
But I would speak to the Almighty,[a]
    and I desire to argue my case with God.(A)
As for you, you whitewash with lies;
    all of you are worthless physicians.(B)
If you would only keep silent,
    that would be your wisdom!(C)
Hear now my reasoning,
    and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

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Footnotes

  1. 13.3 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

But I have understanding as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know such things as these?

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