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[1] Then Job answered,
[2] “No doubt, but you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
[3] But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
[4] I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor,
I, who called on God, and he answered.
The just, the blameless man is a joke.
[5] In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
It is ready for them whose foot slips.
[6] The tents of robbers prosper.
Those who provoke God are secure,
who carry their god in their hands. [7] “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you;
the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
[8] Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you.
The fish of the sea will declare to you.
[9] Who doesn’t know that in all these,
Yahweh’s hand has done this,
[10] in whose hand is the life of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind?
[11] Doesn’t the ear try words,
even as the palate tastes its food?
[12] With aged men is wisdom,
in length of days understanding. [13] “With God is wisdom and might.
He has counsel and understanding.
[14] Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again.
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
[15] Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up.
Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
[16] With him is strength and wisdom.
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
[17] He leads counselors away stripped.
He makes judges fools.
[18] He loosens the bond of kings.
He binds their waist with a belt.
[19] He leads priests away stripped,
and overthrows the mighty.
[20] He removes the speech of those who are trusted,
and takes away the understanding of the elders.
[21] He pours contempt on princes,
and loosens the belt of the strong.
[22] He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
and brings out to light the shadow of death.
[23] He increases the nations, and he destroys them.
He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
[24] He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
[25] They grope in the dark without light.
He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
[2] “No doubt, but you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
[3] But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
[4] I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor,
I, who called on God, and he answered.
The just, the blameless man is a joke.
[5] In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
It is ready for them whose foot slips.
[6] The tents of robbers prosper.
Those who provoke God are secure,
who carry their god in their hands. [7] “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you;
the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
[8] Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you.
The fish of the sea will declare to you.
[9] Who doesn’t know that in all these,
Yahweh’s hand has done this,
[10] in whose hand is the life of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind?
[11] Doesn’t the ear try words,
even as the palate tastes its food?
[12] With aged men is wisdom,
in length of days understanding. [13] “With God is wisdom and might.
He has counsel and understanding.
[14] Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again.
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
[15] Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up.
Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
[16] With him is strength and wisdom.
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
[17] He leads counselors away stripped.
He makes judges fools.
[18] He loosens the bond of kings.
He binds their waist with a belt.
[19] He leads priests away stripped,
and overthrows the mighty.
[20] He removes the speech of those who are trusted,
and takes away the understanding of the elders.
[21] He pours contempt on princes,
and loosens the belt of the strong.
[22] He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
and brings out to light the shadow of death.
[23] He increases the nations, and he destroys them.
He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
[24] He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
[25] They grope in the dark without light.
He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
King James Version
[1] And JobH347 answeredH6030(QalImpf) and said,H559(QalImpf) [2] No doubtH551 but ye [are] the people,H5971 and wisdomH2451 shall dieH4191(QalImpf) with you. [3] ButH1571 I have understandingH3824 as well as you; I [am] not inferiorH5307(QalActPtc) to you: yea, who knoweth not such thingsH3644 as these? [4] I am [as] one mockedH7814 of his neighbour,H7453 who callethH7121(QalActPtc) upon God,H433 and he answerethH6030(QalImpf) him: the justH6662 uprightH8549 [man is] laughed to scorn.H7814 [5] He that is readyH3559(NiphPtc) to slipH4571(QalActPtc) with [his] feetH7272 [is as] a lampH3940 despisedH937 in the thoughtH6248 of him that is at ease.H7600 [6] The tabernaclesH168 of robbersH7703(QalActPtc) prosper,H7951(QalImpf) and they that provokeH7264(HiphPtc) GodH410 are secure;H987 into whose handH3027 GodH433 bringethH935(HiphPerf) [abundantly]. [7] ButH199 askH7592(QalImpv) now the beasts,H929 and they shall teachH3384(HiphImpf) thee; and the fowlsH5775 of the air,H8064 and they shall tellH5046(HiphImpf) thee: [8] Or speakH7878(QalImpv) to the earth,H776 and it shall teachH3384(HiphImpf) thee: and the fishesH1709 of the seaH3220 shall declareH5608(PielImpf) unto thee. [9] Who knowethH3045(QalPerf) not in all these that the handH3027 of the LordH3068 hath wroughtH6213(QalPerf) this? [10] In whose handH3027 [is] the soulH5315 of every living thing,H2416 and the breathH7307 of all mankind.H376 [11] Doth not the earH241 tryH974(QalImpf) words?H4405 and the mouthH2441 tasteH2938(QalImpf) his meat?H400 [12] With the ancientH3453 [is] wisdom;H2451 and in lengthH753 of daysH3117 understanding.H8394 [13] With him [is] wisdomH2451 and strength,H1369 he hath counselH6098 and understanding.H8394 [14] Behold, he breaketh down,H2040(QalImpf) and it cannot be built again:H1129(NiphImpf) he shutteth upH5462(QalImpf) a man,H376 and there can be no opening.H6605(NiphImpf) [15] Behold, he withholdethH6113(QalImpf) the waters,H4325 and they dry up:H3001(QalImpf) also he sendeth them out,H7971(PielImpf) and they overturnH2015(QalImpf) the earth.H776 [16] With him [is] strengthH5797 and wisdom:H8454 the deceivedH7683(QalActPtc) and the deceiverH7686(HiphPtc) [are] his. [17] He leadethH3212(HiphPtc) counsellorsH3289(QalActPtc) away spoiled,H7758 and maketh the judgesH8199(QalActPtc) fools.H1984(PoelImpf) [18] He loosethH6605(PielPerf) the bondH4148 of kings,H4428 and girdethH631(QalImpf) their loinsH4975 with a girdle.H232 [19] He leadethH3212(HiphPtc) princesH3548 away spoiled,H7758 and overthrowethH5557(PielImpf) the mighty.H386 [20] He removeth awayH5493(HiphPtc) the speechH8193 of the trusty,H539(NiphPtc) and taketh awayH3947(QalImpf) the understandingH2940 of the aged.H2205 [21] He pourethH8210(QalActPtc) contemptH937 upon princes,H5081 and weakenethH7503(PielPerf) the strengthH4206 of the mighty.H650 [22] He discoverethH1540(PielPtc) deep thingsH6013 out of darkness,H2822 and bringeth outH3318(HiphImpf) to lightH216 the shadow of death.H6757 [23] He increasethH7679(HiphPtc) the nations,H1471 and destroyethH6(PielImpf) them: he enlargethH7849(QalActPtc) the nations,H1471 and straitenethH5148(HiphImpf) them [again]. [24] He taketh awayH5493(HiphPtc) the heartH3820 of the chiefH7218 of the peopleH5971 of the earth,H776 and causeth them to wanderH8582(HiphImpf) in a wildernessH8414 [where there is] no way.H1870 [25] They gropeH4959(PielImpf) in the darkH2822 without light,H216 and he maketh them to staggerH8582(HiphImpf) like [a] drunkenH7910 [man].
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