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¹ And Iob answered, and sayd, ² No doubt but ye are the people, and wisedome shall die with you. ³ But I haue vnderstanding as well as you, I am not inferiour to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? ⁴ I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he answereth him: the iust vpright man is laughed to scorne. ⁵ He that is ready to slippe with his feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

⁶ The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that prouoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. ⁷ But aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the foules of the aire, and they shall tell thee. ⁸ Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee. ⁹ Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? ¹⁰ In whose hand is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde. ¹¹ Doeth not the eare trie wordes? And the mouth taste his meate?

¹² With the ancient is wisedome, and in length of dayes, vnderstanding. ¹³ With him is wisedome & strength, he hath counsell and vnderstanding. ¹⁴ Behold, he breaketh downe, and it cannot be built againe: hee shutteth vp a man, and there can be no opening. ¹⁵ Behold, hee withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: also hee sendeth them out, and they ouerturne the earth. ¹⁶ With him is strength & wisedome: the deceiued, and the deceiuer, are his. ¹⁷ He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the Iudges fooles. ¹⁸ He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loines with a girdle. ¹⁹ He leadeth Princes away spoiled, and ouerthroweth the mightie. ²⁰ He remooueth away the speech of the trustie, and taketh away the vnderstanding of the aged. ²¹ He powreth contempt vpon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mightie. ²² Hee discouereth deepe things out of darkenesse, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. ²³ He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: hee inlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them againe. ²⁴ He taketh away the heart of the chiefe of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wildernes where there is no way. ²⁵ They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.