| 1: And Job answered and said, |
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| 2: No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to
you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? |
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| 4: I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and
he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. |
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| 5: He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised
in the thought of him that is at ease. |
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| 6: The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God
are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. |
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| 7: But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the
fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: |
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| 8: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee. |
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| 9: Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath
wrought this? |
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| 10: In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the
breath of all mankind. |
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| 11: Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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| 12: With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days
understanding. |
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| 13: With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and
understanding. |
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| 14: Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he
shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. |
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| 15: Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he
sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. |
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| 16: With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the
deceiver are his. |
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| 17: He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges
fools. |
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| 18: He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a
girdle. |
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| 19: He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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| 20: He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away
the understanding of the aged. |
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| 21: He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength
of the mighty. |
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| 22: He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out
to light the shadow of death. |
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| 23: He creaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth
the nations, and straiteneth them again. |
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| 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.
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| 25: They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to
stagger like a drunken man. |
