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Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
“Truly then you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!
And with you wisdom will die!
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
“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 not inferior to you.
And who does not know such things as these?
I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].
“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.
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and blameless man is a joke.
He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.
As prepared for those whose feet slip.
The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth.
“The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
And those who provoke God are secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
“Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you;
And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
“Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the LORD has done this,
That the hand of the LORD has done this,
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
And the breath of all mankind?
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
“Does not the ear test words,
As the palate tastes its food?
As the palate tastes its food?
With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
“Wisdom is with aged men,
With long life is understanding.
With long life is understanding.
With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
Job Speaks of the Power of God
“With Him are wisdom and might;
To Him belong counsel and understanding.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
“With Him are strength and sound wisdom,
The misled and the misleader belong to Him.
The misled and the misleader belong to Him.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.
And makes fools of judges.
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.
And binds their loins with a girdle.
He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
“He makes priests walk barefoot
And overthrows the secure ones.
And overthrows the secure ones.
He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
“He pours contempt on nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong.
And loosens the belt of the strong.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
“He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.
And brings the deep darkness into light.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
“He makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
“He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.