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| 1 And Job answereth and saith: |
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| 2 Truly ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die. |
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| 3 I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these |
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| 4 A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one. |
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| 5 A torch despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
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| 6 At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. |
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| 7 And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. |
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| 8 Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: |
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| 9 'Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this |
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| 10 In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.' |
In whose hand – In the divine power. E314
And the breath – Ruach, life-power, spirit of life. E174, E314
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| 11 Doth not the ear try words And the palate taste food for itself |
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| 12 With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding. |
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| 13 With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding. |
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| 14 Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened. |
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| 15 Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land. |
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| 16 With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver. |
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| 17 Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish. |
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| 18 The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins. |
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| 19 Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth. |
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| 20 Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away. |
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| 21 Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble. |
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| 22 Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. |
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| 23 Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them. |
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| 24 Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy no way! |
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| 25 They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard. |
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