² Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

¹⁶ Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

³ Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

⁷ desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

³⁵ Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

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

⁴ I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵ I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

²⁵ And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?

³ How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

¹¹ I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.