"Whatcounselyou have givento [one] withoutwisdom!What helpfulinsightyou have abundantlyprovided!
"Trulythenyou are the people,And with you wisdomwill die!
"But I have intelligenceas wellas you; I am not inferiorto you. And whodoes not knowsuchthings as these?
"Othat you would be completelysilent,And that it would becomeyour wisdom!
"But comeagainallof you now,For I do not finda wisemanamong you.
"Whata helpyou are to the weak!How you have savedthe armwithoutstrength!
"To whomhave you utteredwords?And whosespiritwas expressedthroughyou?
"My wordsare [from] the uprightnessof my heart,And my lipsspeakknowledgesincerely.
"Ifnot, listento me; Keepsilent,and I will teachyou wisdom."
"Whois thisthat darkenscounselBy wordswithoutknowledge?
"Is it that my helpis not within me, And that deliveranceis drivenfrom me?
howI did not shrinkfrom declaringto you anythingthat was profitable,and teachingyou publiclyand from house to house,
"For I did not shrinkfrom declaringto you the wholepurposeof God.
