1. Then Job responded,
2.
“Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!
3.
-“But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these?
4.
-“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.
5.
-“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.
6.
-“The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.
7.
“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
8.
-“Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
9.
-“Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this,
JOB (9:12)
10.
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
11.
-“Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?
12.
-“Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding.
13.
“With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding.
14.
-“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
15.
-“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
16.
-“With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him.
17.
-“He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.
18.
-“He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle.
19.
-“He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones.
20.
-“He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21.
-“He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong.
22.
-“He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light.
23.
-“He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
24.
-“He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
25.
-“They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
1. Then Job responded,
2.
“Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!
3.
-“But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these?
4.
-“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.
5.
-“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.
6.
-“The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.
7.
“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
8.
-“Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
9.
-“Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this,
JOB (9:12)
10.
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
11.
-“Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?
12.
-“Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding.
13.
“With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding.
14.
-“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
15.
-“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
16.
-“With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him.
17.
-“He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.
18.
-“He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle.
19.
-“He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones.
20.
-“He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21.
-“He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong.
22.
-“He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light.
23.
-“He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
24.
-“He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
25.
-“They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
