² “How long will you say such things?^(A)
    Your words are a blustering wind.^(B)

² “Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?^(A)

²⁶ Do you mean to correct what I say,
    and treat my desperate words as wind?^(A)

²² “How long will you who are simple^(A) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate^(B) knowledge?

² “When will you end these speeches?^(A)
    Be sensible, and then we can talk.

³ Will your long-winded speeches never end?^(A)
    What ails you that you keep on arguing?^(B)

² “Are all these words to go unanswered?^(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?^(B)
3 Will your idle talk^(C) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?^(D)

¹¹ “Therefore I will not keep silent;^(A)
    I will speak out in the anguish^(B) of my spirit,
    I will complain^(C) in the bitterness of my soul.^(D)