And Job
answered
and said,
No doubt
but ye are the people,
and wisdom
shall die
with you.
But
I have understanding
as well as you; I am not inferior
to you: yea, who knoweth not such things
as these?
I am as one mocked
of his neighbour,
who calleth
upon God,
and he answereth
him: the just
upright
man is laughed to scorn.
He that is ready
to slip
with his feet
is as a lamp
despised
in the thought
of him that is at ease.
The tabernacles
of robbers
prosper,
and they that provoke
God
are secure;
into whose hand
God
bringeth
abundantly.
But
ask
now the beasts,
and they shall teach
thee; and the fowls
of the air,
and they shall tell
thee:
Or speak
to the earth,
and it shall teach
thee: and the fishes
of the sea
shall declare
unto thee.
Who knoweth
not in all these that the hand
of the LORD
hath wrought
this?
In whose hand
is the soul
of every living thing,
and the breath
of all mankind.
Doth not the ear
try
words?
and the mouth
taste
his meat?
With the ancient
is wisdom;
and in length
of days
understanding.
With him is wisdom
and strength,
he hath counsel
and understanding.
Behold, he breaketh down,
and it cannot be built again:
he shutteth up
a man,
and there can be no opening.
Behold, he withholdeth
the waters,
and they dry up:
also he sendeth them out,
and they overturn
the earth.
With him is strength
and wisdom:
the deceived
and the deceiver
are his.
He leadeth
counsellors
away spoiled,
and maketh the judges
fools.
He looseth
the bond
of kings,
and girdeth
their loins
with a girdle.
He leadeth
princes
away spoiled,
and overthroweth
the mighty.
He removeth away
the speech
of the trusty,
and taketh away
the understanding
of the aged.
He poureth
contempt
upon princes,
and weakeneth
the strength
of the mighty.
He discovereth
deep things
out of darkness,
and bringeth out
to light
the shadow of death.
He increaseth
the nations,
and destroyeth
them: he enlargeth
the nations,
and straiteneth
them again.
He taketh away
the heart
of the chief
of the people
of the earth,
and causeth them to wander
in a wilderness
where there is no way.
They grope
in the dark
without light,
and he maketh them to stagger
like a drunken
man.
