what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
Is it, then, to be understood that truly God would dwell upon the earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, are not able to contain you, how much less this house, which I have built?
I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.
Is man much more than rottenness and the son of man much more than worms?
If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face.
Reveal to us what we should say to him, for, of course, we are wrapped in darkness.
How much more will those who live in houses of clay, which have an earthly foundation, be consumed like the moth?
If he chooses to contend with him, he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times.
For even I would not answer a man who were like myself, nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.