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| 1 Then Job answered and said, |
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2 No doubt but ye are the people,
And wisdom shall die with you.
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3 But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you:
Yes, who knoweth not such things as these?
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4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor,
I who called upon God, and he answered:
The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
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5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
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6 The tents of robbers prosper,
And they that provoke God are secure;
Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
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8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee;
And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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9 Who knoweth not in all these,
That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
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10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
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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,
Even as the palate tasteth its food?
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12 With aged men is wisdom,
And in length of days understanding.
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13 With God is wisdom and might;
He hath counsel and understanding.
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14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again;
He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;
Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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16 With him is strength and wisdom;
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
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17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped,
And judges maketh he fools.
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18 He looseth the bond of kings,
And bindeth their loins with a girdle.
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19 He leadeth priests away stripped,
And overthroweth the mighty.
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20 He removeth the speech of the trusty,
And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
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21 He poureth contempt upon princes,
And looseth the belt of the strong.
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22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness,
And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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23 He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them:
He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
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24 He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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25 They grope in the dark without light;
And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. |
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