Job 15:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶ how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,^(A)
    who drink up evil^(B) like water!^(C)

¹⁷ “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
    let me tell you what I have seen,^(D)
18 what the wise have declared,
    hiding nothing received from their ancestors^(E)