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Job Answers His Critics
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
“No doubt you are the people,
And wisdom will die with you!
And wisdom will die with you!
“No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
and wisdom will die with you.
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?
“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.
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.
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.
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 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;
“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;
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 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.
Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
as the palate tastes food?
Wisdom is with the aged,
and understanding in length of days.
and understanding in length of days.
“With Him are wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
He has counsel and understanding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
With him are strength and sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
And makes fools of the judges.
He leads counselors away stripped,
and judges he makes fools.
and judges he makes fools.
He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
And binds their waist with a belt.
He looses the bonds of kings
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows the mighty.
and overthrows the mighty.
He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
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 pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
and loosens the belt of the strong.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
And brings the shadow of death to light.
He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings deep darkness to light.
and brings deep darkness to light.
He makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
he enlarges nations, and 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.