² "Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

¹⁶ Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."

³ You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

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

³⁵ 'Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.'

³ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know 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 tell me.

²⁵ If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"

³ How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

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