| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then Job answered and said: | 1Then Job responded, |
| 2“No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you! | 2"Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die! |
| 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these? | 3"But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these? |
| 4“I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed. | 4"I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke. |
| 5A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip. | 5"He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip. |
| 6The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand. | 6"The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power. |
| 7“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; | 7"But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. |
| 8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you. | 8"Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. |
| 9Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this, | 9"Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this, |
| 10In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? | 10In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? |
| 11Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food? | 11"Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food? |
| 12Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding. | 12"Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding. |
| 13“With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. | 13"With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding. |
| 14If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release. | 14"Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. |
| 15If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth. | 15"Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth. |
| 16With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His. | 16"With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him. |
| 17He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges. | 17"He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges. |
| 18He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt. | 18"He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle. |
| 19He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty. | 19"He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones. |
| 20He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders. | 20"He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders. |
| 21He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty. | 21"He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong. |
| 22He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light. | 22"He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light. |
| 23He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them. | 23"He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. |
| 24He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. | 24"He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste. |
| 25They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. | 25"They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. |
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