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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
Job’s Reply
[1] And Job H347 answered H6030 (QalImpf) and said, H559 (QalImpf)[2] No doubt H551 but ye are the people, H5971
And wisdom H2451 shall die H4191 (QalImpf) with you.
[3] But H1571 I have understanding H3824§ as well as you;
I am not inferior H5307 (QalActPtc) to you:§
Yea, who knoweth not such things H3644 as these?ⓘ
[4] I am as one mocked H7814 of his neighbour, H7453
Who calleth H7121 (QalActPtc) upon God, H433 and he answereth H6030 (QalImpf) him:
The just H6662 upright H8549 man is laughed to scorn. H7814
[5] He that is ready H3559 (NiphPtc) to slip H4571 (QalActPtc) with his feet H7272
Is as a lamp H3940 despised H937 in the thought H6248 of him that is at ease. H7600
[6] The tabernacles H168 of robbers H7703 (QalActPtc) prosper, H7951 (QalImpf)
And they that provoke H7264 (HiphPtc) God H410 are secure; H987
Into whose hand H3027 God H433 bringeth H935 (HiphPerf) abundantly.
[7] But H199 ask H7592 (QalImpv) now the beasts, H929 and they shall teach H3384 (HiphImpf) thee;
And the fowls H5775 of the air, H8064 and they shall tell H5046 (HiphImpf) thee:
[8] Or speak H7878 (QalImpv) to the earth, H776 and it shall teach H3384 (HiphImpf) thee:
And the fishes H1709 of the sea H3220 shall declare H5608 (PielImpf) unto thee.
[9] Who knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) not in all these
That the hand H3027 of the Lord H3068 hath wrought H6213 (QalPerf) this?
[10] In whose hand H3027 is the soul§ H5315 of every living thing, H2416
And the breath H7307 of all mankind. H376§ [11] Doth not the ear H241 try H974 (QalImpf) words? H4405
And the mouth H2441§ taste H2938 (QalImpf) his meat? H400
[12] With the ancient H3453 is wisdom; H2451
And in length H753 of days H3117 understanding. H8394
[13] With himⓘ is wisdom H2451 and strength, H1369
He hath counsel H6098 and understanding. H8394
[14] Behold, he breaketh down, H2040 (QalImpf) and it cannot be built again: H1129 (NiphImpf)
He shutteth up H5462 (QalImpf)§ a man, H376 and there can be no opening. H6605 (NiphImpf)
[15] Behold, he withholdeth H6113 (QalImpf) the waters, H4325 and they dry up: H3001 (QalImpf)
Also he sendeth them out, H7971 (PielImpf) and they overturn H2015 (QalImpf) the earth. H776
[16] With him is strength H5797 and wisdom: H8454
The deceived H7683 (QalActPtc) and the deceiver H7686 (HiphPtc) are his.
[17] He leadeth H3212 (HiphPtc) counsellors H3289 (QalActPtc) away spoiled, H7758
And maketh the judges H8199 (QalActPtc) fools. H1984 (PoelImpf)
[18] He looseth H6605 (PielPerf) the bond H4148 of kings, H4428
And girdeth H631 (QalImpf) their loins H4975 with a girdle. H232
[19] He leadeth H3212 (HiphPtc) princes H3548 away spoiled, H7758
And overthroweth H5557 (PielImpf) the mighty. H386
[20] He removeth away H5493 (HiphPtc) the speech H8193 of the trusty, H539 (NiphPtc)§
And taketh away H3947 (QalImpf) the understanding H2940 of the aged. H2205
[21] He poureth H8210 (QalActPtc) contempt H937 upon princes, H5081
And weakeneth H7503 (PielPerf) the strength H4206 of the mighty. H650§
[22] He discovereth H1540 (PielPtc) deep things H6013 out of darkness, H2822
And bringeth out H3318 (HiphImpf) to light H216 the shadow of death. H6757
[23] He increaseth H7679 (HiphPtc) the nations, H1471 and destroyeth H6 (PielImpf) them:
He enlargeth H7849 (QalActPtc) the nations, H1471 and straiteneth H5148 (HiphImpf) them again.
[24] He taketh away H5493 (HiphPtc) the heart H3820 of the chief H7218 of the people H5971 of the earth, H776
And causeth them to wander H8582 (HiphImpf) in a wilderness H8414 where there is no way. H1870
[25] They grope H4959 (PielImpf) in the dark H2822 without light, H216
And he maketh them to stagger H8582 (HiphImpf)§ like a drunken H7910 man.
Footnotes
- § 12:3a Heb. an heart
- § 12:3b Heb. I fall not lower then you
- ⓘ 12:3c With whom are not such as these?
- § 12:10a Or, life
- § 12:10b Heb. all flesh of man
- § 12:11 Heb. palate
- ⓘ 12:13 That is, with God
- § 12:14 Heb. upon
- § 12:20 Heb. the lip of the faithful
- § 12:21 Or, looseth the girdle of the strong
- § 12:25 Heb. wander
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