¹⁶ So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;^(A)
    without knowledge he multiplies words.”^(B)

² “Who is this that obscures my plans^(A)
    with words without knowledge?^(B)

³⁵ ‘Job speaks without knowledge;^(A)
    his words lack insight.’^(B)
36 Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost
    for answering like a wicked man!^(C)
37 To his sin he adds rebellion;
    scornfully he claps his hands^(D) among us
    and multiplies his words^(E) against God.”^(F)

⁸ “But you have said in my hearing—
    I heard the very words—
⁹ ‘I am pure,^(A) I have done no wrong;^(B)
    I am clean and free from sin.^(C)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
    he considers me his enemy.^(D)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;^(E)
    he keeps close watch on all my paths.’^(F)

¹² “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
    for God is greater than any mortal.^(G)

² I am about to open my mouth;
    my words are on the tip of my tongue.