Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

"Should an abundance of words go unanswered, or {a man full of talk} be vindicated?

Should your loose talk put people to silence? {And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame}?

Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?

I myself also could talk as you, if {you were in my place}; I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.

Little boys also despise me; [when] I rise, then they talk against me.

{therefore} Job opens his mouth in empty talk-- without knowledge he multiplies words."