²⁷ Behold, this we have ^(A)searched out;
It is true.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”

^12 (A)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”

³ Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
^4 (A)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
^5 (B)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.

¹¹ Indeed I waited for your words,
I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out what to say.
¹² I paid close attention to you;
And surely not one of you convinced Job,
Or answered his words—

^9 (A)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
^10 (B)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.