5 Your wickedness is evident by what you say;you are trying to hide behind clever words.
6 There is no need for me to condemn you;you are condemned by every word you speak.
7 Do you think you were the first person born?Were you there when God made the mountains?
8 Did you overhear the plans God made?Does human wisdom belong to you alone?
9 There is nothing you know that we don't know.
10 We learnt our wisdom from grey-haired people —those born before your father.
11 God offers you comfort; why still reject it?We have spoken for him with calm, even words.