6. Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yes, thy own lips testify against thee.
7. Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8. Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9. What knowest thou that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
10. With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much older than thy father.
11. Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12. Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13. That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
14. What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15. Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16. How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17. I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen, I will declare;
18. Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: