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¹ And Job answered and said,² No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.³ But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these?⁴ I am [as] one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] derided.⁵ He that is ready to slip 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 provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].⁷ But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:⁸ Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.⁹ Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?¹⁰ In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.¹¹ Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food?

¹² With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.¹³ With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.¹⁴ Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.¹⁵ Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.¹⁶ With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.¹⁷ He leadeth counselors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.¹⁸ He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.¹⁹ He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.²⁰ He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.²¹ He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.²² He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shades of death.²³ He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and straiteneth them [again].²⁴ 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.²⁵ They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].