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1 Then Job answered and said: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 No doubt you are the people with whom wisdom shall die! “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 But I have intelligence as well as you; I do not fall short of you; for who does not know such things as these? 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 have become the sport of my neighbors: “The one whom God answers when he calls upon him, The just, the perfect man,” is 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 undisturbed esteem my downfall a disgrace such as awaits unsteady feet; 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 Yet the tents of robbers are prosperous, and those who provoke God are secure, whom God has in his power. 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 But now ask the beasts to teach you, the birds of the air to 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 speak to the earth to instruct you, and the fish of the sea to inform 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 Which of all these does not know that the hand of God has done this? 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 In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the life breath of all mortal flesh. 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 Does not the ear judge words as the mouth 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 So with old age is wisdom, and with length of days understanding. 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 him are wisdom and might; his are counsel and understanding. “With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding. “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
14 If he knocks a thing down, there is no rebuilding; if he imprisons, there is no release. 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 He holds back the waters and there is drought; he sends them forth and they overwhelm 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 him are strength and prudence; the misled and the misleaders are his. 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 sends counselors away barefoot, makes fools of judges. He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools. He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.
18 He loosens the belt of kings, ties a waistcloth on their loins. 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 sends priests away barefoot, leads the powerful astray. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
20 He silences the trusted adviser, takes discretion from the 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 shame on nobles, the waistband of the strong he loosens. He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong. He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22 He uncovers deep things from the darkness, brings the gloom into the 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 destroys them, spreads peoples abroad and abandons them. 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 takes understanding from the leaders of the land, makes them wander in a pathless desert. 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 darkness without light; he makes them wander like drunkards. 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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