³⁰ Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

¹¹ Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

⁶ Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

⁸ But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

⁹ I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

¹⁰ See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

¹¹ He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.

¹² Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

³ For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

³ Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

⁴ Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

⁵ Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

⁶ For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

¹⁴ But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.