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Job's Response to Zophar
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
Job Answers His Critics
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
“No doubt you are the people,
And wisdom will die with you!
And wisdom will die with you!
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not 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 one mocked by his friends,
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth.
The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure —
In what God provides by His hand.
And those who provoke God are secure —
In what God provides by His hand.
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 they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
And the birds of the air, and they will 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 it will teach you;
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
And the fish of the sea will explain 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.
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
“With Him are wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
He has counsel and understanding.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
If He withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
And makes fools of the judges.
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
And binds their waist with a belt.
He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
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 discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
And brings the shadow of death to light.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.