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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1In response Job replied: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Truly, you are the people and wisdom will die with you! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Like you, I also have understanding. I'm not inferior to you; who doesn't know things like this?" |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"I'm a laughingstock to my friends, someone who called on God. But then he answered this upright and blameless man, and I have become a laughingstock. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The carefree are thinking, 'I have contempt for misfortune,' Those who are about to stumble deserve it. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The tents of robbers are at rest, and those who provoke God are secure, that is, those who carry their god in their pocket. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"Ask the wild animals, and they'll teach you; the birds of the sky will tell you. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Or ask the green plants of the earth and they'll teach you; let the fish in the sea tell you. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Who among all of these doesn't know that the LORD's hand made them, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10and that the life of every living thing rests in his control, along with the breath of every living human being? |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The ear scrutinizes speech just as the palate tastes food." |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"Wisdom may be found in the company of the aged. Understanding comes with longevity. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13With God is wisdom and strength; counsel and understanding belongs to him. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14When he tears down, nobody rebuilds; when he incarcerates, nobody escapes. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15When he withholds water, rivers dry up; when he lets them loose, they'll flood the land. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"With God are strength and sound wisdom; both the deceived and those who deceive are responsible to him. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17He leads counselors away naked; he turns judges into fools. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18He strips away the authority of kings to punish and puts them in prison clothes instead. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19He leads away the priests naked and overthrows the ruling class. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He keeps reliable advisors from speaking, and removes discernment from elders. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He pours contempt on nobles and embarrasses the mighty. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22He uncovers the hidden dimensions from darkness, bringing what is in deep shadow to light. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23He makes nations great, and then destroys them; he enlarges nations, but then sends them away to captivity. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24He withdraws understanding from national leaders of the world, causing them to wander through uncharted wilderness. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25They grope in the dark without light; he causes them to stagger around like a drunkard." |
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