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¹ And Job answered and said, ² So then ye alone are men, and wisdom shall die with you? ³ But I also have a heart as well as you. ⁴ For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery. ⁵ For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be held guiltless,

⁶ even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them. ⁷ But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee. ⁸ Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee. ⁹ Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them? ¹⁰ Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man. ¹¹ For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats.

¹² In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge. ¹³ With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding. ¹⁴ If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open? ¹⁵ If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it. ¹⁶ With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding. ¹⁷ He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth. ¹⁸ He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle. ¹⁹ He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth. ²⁰ He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders. ²¹ He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly. ²² Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death. ²³ Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them away. ²⁴ Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way, they have not known, saying, ²⁵ Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.