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- And Job answered and said,
- No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
- But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
- I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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- Then Job responded,
- "Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!
- "But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these?
- "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.
- "He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.
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- The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
- Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
- Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
- In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
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- "The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.
- "But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
- "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
- "Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this,
- In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
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- Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
- With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
- With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
- Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
- Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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- "Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?
- "Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding.
- "With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding.
- "Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- "Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
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- With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
- He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
- He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
- He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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- "With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him.
- "He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.
- "He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle.
- "He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones.
- "He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders.
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- He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
- He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
- He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
- He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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- "He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong.
- "He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light.
- "He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
- "He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
- "They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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