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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.
King James Version

Job’s Reply

[1] And Job H347 answered H6030 and said, H559
[2] No doubt H551 but ye are the people, H5971
And wisdom H2451 shall die H4191 with you.
[3] But H1571 I have understanding H3824§ as well as you;
I am not inferior H5307 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 upon God, H433 and he answereth H6030 him:
The just H6662 upright H8549 man is laughed to scorn. H7814
[5] He that is ready H3559 to slip H4571 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 prosper, H7951
And they that provoke H7264 God H410 are secure; H987
Into whose hand H3027 God H433 bringeth H935 abundantly.
[7] But H199 ask H7592 now the beasts, H929 and they shall teach H3384 thee;
And the fowls H5775 of the air, H8064 and they shall tell H5046 thee:
[8] Or speak H7878 to the earth, H776 and it shall teach H3384 thee:
And the fishes H1709 of the sea H3220 shall declare H5608 unto thee.
[9] Who knoweth H3045 not H3808 in all these
That the hand H3027 of the Lord H3068 hath wrought H6213 this?
[10] In whose hand H3027 is the soul H5315§ of every living thing, H2416
And the breath H7307 of all mankind. H376§ H1320
[11] Doth not H3808 the ear H241 try H974 words? H4405
And the mouth H2441§ taste H2938 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 and it cannot be built again: H1129
He shutteth up H5462§ a man, H376 and there can be no opening. H6605
[15] Behold, he withholdeth H6113 the waters, H4325 and they dry up: H3001
Also he sendeth them out, H7971 and they overturn H2015 the earth. H776
[16] With him is strength H5797 and wisdom: H8454
The deceived H7683 and the deceiver H7686 are his.
[17] He leadeth H3212 counsellors H3289 away spoiled, H7758
And maketh the judges H8199 fools. H1984
[18] He looseth H6605 the bond H4148 of kings, H4428
And girdeth H631 their loins H4975 with a girdle. H232
[19] He leadeth H3212 princes H3548 away spoiled, H7758
And overthroweth H5557 the mighty. H386
[20] He removeth away H5493 the speech H8193 of the trusty, H539§
And taketh away H3947 the understanding H2940 of the aged. H2205
[21] He poureth H8210 contempt H937 upon H5921 princes, H5081
And weakeneth H7503 the strength H4206 of the mighty. H650§
[22] He discovereth H1540 deep things H6013 out of H4480 darkness, H2822
And bringeth out H3318 to light H216 the shadow of death. H6757
[23] He increaseth H7679 the nations, H1471 and destroyeth H6 them:
He enlargeth H7849 the nations, H1471 and straiteneth H5148 them again.
[24] He taketh away H5493 the heart H3820 of the chief H7218 of the people H5971 of the earth, H776
And causeth them to wander H8582 in a wilderness H8414 where there is no way. H1870
[25] They grope H4959 in the dark H2822 without light, H216
And he maketh them to stagger H8582§ like a drunken H7910 man.

Footnotes

  1. § 12:3a Heb. an heart
  2. § 12:3b Heb. I fall not lower then you
  3. ⓘ 12:3c With whom are not such as these?
  4. § 12:10a Or, life
  5. § 12:10b Heb. all flesh of man
  6. § 12:11 Heb. palate
  7. ⓘ 12:13 That is, with God
  8. § 12:14 Heb. upon
  9. § 12:20 Heb. the lip of the faithful
  10. § 12:21 Or, looseth the girdle of the strong
  11. § 12:25 Heb. wander
Septuaginta
[1] Ὑπολαβὼν G5274 δὲ G1161 Ιωβ G2492 λέγει G3004 [2] Εἶτα G1534 ὑμεῖς G5210 ἐστε G2075 ἄνθρωποι· G444 ἦ G2229 μεθ’ G3326 ὑμῶν G5216 τελευτήσει G5053 σοφία. G4678 [3] Κἀμοὶ G2504 μὲν G3303 καρδία G2588 καθ’ G2596 ὑμᾶς G5209 ἐστιν. G2076 [4] Δίκαιος G1342 γὰρ G1063 ἀνὴρ G435 καὶ G2532 ἄμεμπτος G273 ἐγενήθη G1096 εἰς G1519 χλεύασμα· [5] εἰς G1519 χρόνον G5550 γὰρ G1063 τακτὸν G5002 ἡτοίμαστο G2090 πεσεῖν G4098 ὑπὸ G5259 ἄλλους G243 οἴκους G3624 τε G5037 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐκπορθεῖσθαι ὑπὸ G5259 ἀνόμων. G459 [6] Οὐ G3756 μὴν G3375 δὲ G1161 ἀλλὰ G235 μηδεὶς G3367 πεποιθέτω G3982 πονηρὸς G4190 ὢν G5607 ἀθῷος G121 ἔσεσθαι, G2071 ὅσοι G3745 παροργίζουσιν G3949 τὸν G3588 κύριον, G2962 ὡς G5613 οὐχὶ G3780 καὶ G2532 ἔτασις αὐτῶν G846 ἔσται. G2071 [7] Ἀλλὰ G235 δὴ G1211 ἐπερώτησον G1905 τετράποδα G5074 ἐάν G1437 σοι G4671 εἴπωσιν, G2036 πετεινὰ δὲ G1161 οὐρανοῦ G3772 ἐάν G1437 σοι G4671 ἀπαγγείλωσιν· G518 [8] ἐκδιήγησαι G1555 δὲ G1161 γῇ G1093 ἐάν G1437 σοι G4671 φράσῃ, G5419 καὶ G2532 ἐξηγήσονταί G1834 σοι G4671 οἱ G3588 ἰχθύες G2486 τῆς G3588 θαλάσσης. G2281 [9] Τίς G5101 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνω G1097 ἐν G1722 πᾶσι G3956 τούτοις G5125 ὅτι G3754 χεὶρ G5495 κυρίου G2962 ἐποίησεν G4160 ταῦτα; G5023 [10] Εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 ἐν G1722 χειρὶ G5495 αὐτοῦ G846 ψυχὴ G5590 πάντων G3956 τῶν G3588 ζώντων G2198 καὶ G2532 πνεῦμα G4151 παντὸς G3956 ἀνθρώπου; G444 [11] Οὖς G3775 μὲν G3303 γὰρ G1063 ῥήματα G4487 διακρίνει, G1252 λάρυγξ G2995 δὲ G1161 σῖτα G4621 γεύεται. G1089 [12] Ἐν G1722 πολλῷ G4183 χρόνῳ G5550 σοφία, G4678 ἐν G1722 δὲ G1161 πολλῷ G4183 βίῳ G979 ἐπιστήμη. [13] Παρ’ G3844 αὐτῷ G846 σοφία G4678 καὶ G2532 δύναμις, G1411 αὐτῷ G846 βουλὴ G1012 καὶ G2532 σύνεσις. G4907 [14] Ἐὰν G1437 καταβάλῃ, G2598 τίς G5101 οἰκοδομήσει; G3618 Ἐὰν G1437 κλείσῃ G2808 κατὰ G2596 ἀνθρώπων, G444 τίς G5101 ἀνοίξει; G455 [15] Ἐὰν G1437 κωλύσῃ G2967 τὸ G3588 ὥδωρ, G5204 ξηρανεῖ G3583 τὴν G3588 γῆν· G1093 ἐὰν G1437 δὲ G1161 ἐπαφῇ, ἀπώλεσεν G622 αὐτὴν G846 καταστρέψας. G2690 [16] Παρ’ G3844 αὐτῷ G846 κράτος G2904 καὶ G2532 ἰσχύς, G2479 αὐτῷ G846 ἐπιστήμη καὶ G2532 σύνεσις. G4907 [17] Διάγων G1236 βουλευτὰς G1010 αἰχμαλώτους, G164 κριτὰς G2923 δὲ G1161 γῆς G1093 ἐξέστησεν. G1839 [18] Καθιζάνων βασιλεῖς G935 ἐπὶ G1909 θρόνους G2362 καὶ G2532 περιέδησεν G4019 ζώνῃ G2223 ὀσφύας G3751 αὐτῶν. G846 [19] Ἐξαποστέλλων G1821 ἱερεῖς G2409 αἰχμαλώτους, G164 δυνάστας G1413 δὲ G1161 γῆς G1093 κατέστρεψεν. G2690 [20] Διαλλάσσων G1259 χείλη G5491 πιστῶν, G4103 σύνεσιν G4907 δὲ G1161 πρεσβυτέρων G4245 ἔγνω. G1097 [21] Ἐκχέων G1632 ἀτιμίαν G819 ἐπ’ G1909 ἄρχοντας, G758 ταπεινοὺς G5011 δὲ G1161 ἰάσατο. G2390 [22] Ἀνακαλύπτων G343 βαθέα G901 ἐκ G1537 σκότους, G4655 ἐξήγαγεν G1806 δὲ G1161 εἰς G1519 φῶς G5457 σκιὰν G4639 θανάτου. G2288 [23] Πλανῶν G4105 ἔθνη G1484 καὶ G2532 ἀπολλύων G623 αὐτά, G846 καταστρωννύων G2693 ἔθνη G1484 καὶ G2532 καθοδηγῶν αὐτά. G846 [24] Διαλλάσσων G1259 καρδίας G2588 ἀρχόντων G758 γῆς, G1093 ἐπλάνησεν G4105 δὲ G1161 αὐτοὺς G846 ὁδῷ, G3598 ᾗ G3739 οὐκ G3756 ᾔδεισαν· G1492 [25] ψηλαφήσαισαν G5584 σκότος G4655 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 φῶς, G5457 πλανηθείησαν G4105 δὲ G1161 ὥσπερ G5618 ὁ G3588 μεθύων. G3184
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament