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Job's Response to Zophar
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
Job’s Fourth Speech: A Response to Zophar
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
“You people really know everything, don’t you?
And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
And when you die, 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?
Well, I know a few things myself —
and you’re no better than I am.
Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?
and you’re no better than I am.
Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?
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].
Yet my friends laugh at me,
for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
yet they laugh at me.
for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
yet they laugh at me.
He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
People who are at ease mock those in trouble.
They give a push to people who are stumbling.
They give a push to people who are stumbling.
The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
Ask the birds of the sky, 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.
Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
and the breath of every human being.
and the breath of every human being.
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
Wisdom belongs to the aged,
and understanding to the old.
and understanding to the old.
With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
“But true wisdom and power are found in God;
counsel and understanding are his.
counsel and understanding are his.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
What he destroys cannot be rebuilt.
When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.
When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert.
If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Yes, strength and wisdom are his;
deceivers and deceived are both in his power.
deceivers and deceived are both in his power.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment;
wise judges become fools.
wise judges become fools.
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
He removes the royal robe of kings.
They are led away with ropes around their waist.
They are led away with ropes around their waist.
He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
He leads priests away, stripped of status;
he overthrows those with long years in power.
he overthrows those with long years in power.
He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
He silences the trusted adviser
and removes the insight of the elders.
and removes the insight of the elders.
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
He pours disgrace upon princes
and disarms the strong.
and disarms the strong.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
“He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness;
he brings light to the deepest gloom.
he brings light to the deepest gloom.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
He builds up nations, and he destroys them.
He expands nations, and he abandons them.
He expands nations, and he abandons them.
He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
He strips kings of understanding
and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.
and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.