2. As you know it, I know it; I am not inferior unto you.
3. But I would speak with the Almighty, and I desired to dispute with God.
4. That ye are certainly forgers of lies; ye are all physicians of no value.
5. O that ye would altogether be silent! And it would be unto you instead of wisdom.
6. Hear now my dispute, and hearken to the arguments of my lips.
7. Are ye to speak iniquity for God? Are ye to speak deceitfully for him?
8. Are ye to bring honour unto him? Are ye to contend for God?
9. Would it be good for him to search you out? As one man mocks another, do ye so mock him?
10. He will reprove you severely, if in secret you give him such honour.
11. Certainly his excellency should make you afraid, and his dread should fall upon you.
12. Your memories shall be compared unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
13. Listen to me, and I will speak, and afterward let come on me what will.
14. Why shall I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in the palm of my hand?