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Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job Chides His Accusers
Then Job responded,
Then Job responded,
“No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
and wisdom will die with you.
“Truly then you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!
And with you wisdom will die!
But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these?
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know 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 a laughingstock to my friends;
I, who called to God and he answered me,
a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
I, who called to God and he answered me,
a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
“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.
In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
it is ready for those whose feet slip.
it is ready for those whose feet slip.
“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 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 the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
“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 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 among all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
that the hand of the Lord has done 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 his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
and the breath of all mankind.
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
And the breath of all mankind?
Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
as the palate tastes food?
“Does not the ear test words,
As the palate tastes its food?
As the palate tastes its food?
Wisdom is with the aged,
and understanding in length of days.
and understanding in length of days.
“Wisdom is with aged men,
With long life is understanding.
With long life is understanding.
Job Speaks of the Power of God
“With Him are wisdom and might;
To Him belong counsel and understanding.
If he tears down, none can rebuild;
if he shuts a man in, none can open.
if he shuts a man in, none can open.
“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.
If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
“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 are strength and sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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 leads counselors away stripped,
and judges he makes fools.
and judges he makes fools.
“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.
And makes fools of judges.
He looses the bonds of kings
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.
And binds their loins with a girdle.
He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows the mighty.
and overthrows the mighty.
“He makes priests walk barefoot
And overthrows the secure ones.
And overthrows the secure ones.
He deprives of speech those who are trusted
and takes away the discernment of the elders.
and takes away the discernment 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 pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
and loosens the belt of the strong.
“He pours contempt on nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong.
And loosens the belt of the strong.
He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings deep darkness to light.
and brings deep darkness to light.
“He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.
And brings the deep darkness into light.
He makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
“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 takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
and makes them wander in a trackless 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.