⁵ If only you would be altogether silent!^(A)
    For you, that would be wisdom.^(B)

³ Will your long-winded speeches never end?^(A)
    What ails you that you keep on arguing?^(B)

⁴ I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head^(A) at you.

² “Who is this that obscures my plans^(A)
    with words without knowledge?^(B)

¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge,^(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(B)

²³ The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,^(A)
    but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.^(B)

³ Those who guard their lips^(A) preserve their lives,^(B)
    but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.^(C)