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Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job's Response to Zophar
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
“No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
and wisdom will die with you.
Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these?
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these?
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
I am a laughingstock to my friends;
I, who called to God and he answered me,
a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
I, who called to God and he answered me,
a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].
In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
it is ready for those whose feet slip.
it is ready for those whose feet slip.
He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth.
“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
and the breath of all mankind.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
as the palate tastes food?
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
Wisdom is with the aged,
and understanding in length of days.
and understanding in length of days.
With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
If he tears down, none can rebuild;
if he shuts a man in, none can open.
if he shuts a man in, none can open.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
With him are strength and sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
He leads counselors away stripped,
and judges he makes fools.
and judges he makes fools.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
He looses the bonds of kings
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows the mighty.
and overthrows the mighty.
He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
He deprives of speech those who are trusted
and takes away the discernment of the elders.
and takes away the discernment of the elders.
He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
He pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
and loosens the belt of the strong.
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings deep darkness to light.
and brings deep darkness to light.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
He makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.