9. It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
10. Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’
11. “Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
12. Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.
13. Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;’
14. for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15. “They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.
16. Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
17. I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.