8. But it is a spirit in man and the breath of the Almightythat give him understanding.
9. It is not only the old who are wiseor the elderly who understand how to judge.
10. Therefore I say, “Listen to me.I too will declare what I know.”
11. Look, I waited for your conclusions;I listened to your insightsas you sought for words.
12. I paid close attention to you.Yet no one proved Job wrong;not one of you refuted his arguments.
13. So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;let God deal with him, not man.”
14. But Job has not directed his argument to me,and I will not respond to him with your arguments.
15. Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;words have left them.
16. Should I continue to wait now that they are silent,now that they stand there and no longer answer?