Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

He has shown you, O man, what [is] good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save [your] husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save [your] wife?

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.

Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, 'You have done wrong'?

"Who [is] this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

"Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct [Him?] He who rebukes God, let him answer it."

Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

"Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

"I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose [of Yours] can be withheld from You.

Listen, please, and let me speak; [You said,] 'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'

Therefore I abhor [myself,] And repent in dust and ashes."

'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?'

Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

[Exhort] bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all [things,] not answering back,

Where [is] the wise? Where [is] the scribe? Where [is] the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a [means of] gain. From such withdraw yourself.

Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, "He did not make me"? Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?

" Woe to him who strives with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' Or shall your handiwork [say,] 'He has no hands'?

Thus says the LORD, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.