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“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
and wisdom will die with you!
and wisdom will die with you!
Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
But I have a mind as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
“I have become a laughingstock to my friends,
though I called on God and he answered —
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
though I called on God and he answered —
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
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].
Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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.
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
In his hand is the life of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.
and the breath of all mankind.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?
as the tongue tastes food?
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
Is not wisdom found among the aged?
Does not long life bring understanding?
Does not long life bring understanding?
With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
“To God belong wisdom and power;
counsel and understanding are his.
counsel and understanding are his.
With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;
those he imprisons cannot be released.
those he imprisons cannot be released.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
If he holds back the waters, there is drought;
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
To him belong strength and insight;
both deceived and deceiver are his.
both deceived and deceiver are his.
With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
He leads rulers away stripped
and makes fools of judges.
and makes fools of judges.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows officials long established.
and overthrows officials long established.
He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.
and takes away the discernment of elders.
He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
He pours contempt on nobles
and disarms the mighty.
and disarms the mighty.
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
He reveals the deep things of darkness
and brings utter darkness into the light.
and brings utter darkness into the light.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
He makes nations great, and destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.