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¹ Then Job answered and said: ² "No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you! ³ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these? ⁴ "I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed. ⁵ A lamp [fn] is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;It is made ready for those whose feet slip.

⁶ The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure-- In what God provides by His hand. ⁷ "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ⁸ Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you. ⁹ Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this, ¹⁰ In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? ¹¹ Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?

¹² Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding. ¹³ "With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. ¹⁴ If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release. ¹⁵ If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth. ¹⁶ With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His. ¹⁷ He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges. ¹⁸ He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt. ¹⁹ He leads princes [fn] away plundered,And overthrows the mighty. ²⁰ He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders. ²¹ He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty. ²² He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light. ²³ He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them. ²⁴ He takes away the understanding [fn] of the chiefs of the people of the earth,And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. ²⁵ They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.