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1 In response Job replied: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 |Truly, you are the people and wisdom will die with you! “No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. “Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!
3 Like you, I also have understanding. I'm not inferior to you; who doesn't know things like this?| But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
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. I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock. “I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
5 The carefree are thinking, 'I have contempt for misfortune,' Those who are about to stumble deserve it. In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip. Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6 The tents of robbers are at rest, and those who provoke God are secure, that is, those who carry their god in their pocket. The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand. The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.
7 |Ask the wild animals, and they'll teach you; the birds of the sky will tell you. “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8 Or ask the green plants of the earth and they'll teach you; let the fish in the sea tell you. or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Who among all of these doesn't know that the LORD's hand made them, Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10 and that the life of every living thing rests in his control, along with the breath of every living human being? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
11 The ear scrutinizes speech just as the palate tastes food.| Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food? Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
12 |Wisdom may be found in the company of the aged. Understanding comes with longevity. Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
13 With God is wisdom and strength; counsel and understanding belongs to him. “With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding. “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
14 When he tears down, nobody rebuilds; when he incarcerates, nobody escapes. If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open. What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.
15 When he withholds water, rivers dry up; when he lets them loose, they'll flood the land. If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land. If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
16 |With God are strength and sound wisdom; both the deceived and those who deceive are responsible to him. With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his. To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.
17 He leads counselors away naked; he turns judges into fools. He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools. He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.
18 He strips away the authority of kings to punish and puts them in prison clothes instead. He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips. He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.
19 He leads away the priests naked and overthrows the ruling class. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
20 He keeps reliable advisors from speaking, and removes discernment from elders. He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders. He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
21 He pours contempt on nobles and embarrasses the mighty. He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong. He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22 He uncovers the hidden dimensions from darkness, bringing what is in deep shadow to light. He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light. He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
23 He makes nations great, and then destroys them; he enlarges nations, but then sends them away to captivity. He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away. He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
24 He withdraws understanding from national leaders of the world, causing them to wander through uncharted wilderness. He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste. He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25 They grope in the dark without light; he causes them to stagger around like a drunkard.| They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man. They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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