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‘If you were wise,
    you would not answer us with such silly ideas.
The words that come out from inside you are only a hot wind!
No wise man would argue in such a useless way.
    The things that you say do not mean anything.
You show that you do not respect God.
    You turn other people away from him.

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“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(A)
Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?(B)
But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(C)

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