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Job’s Fourth Speech: A Response to Zophar
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Job Answers His Critics
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
“You people really know everything, don’t you?
And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
“No doubt you are the people,
And wisdom will die with you!
And wisdom will die with you!
Well, I know a few things myself —
and you’re no better than I am.
Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?
and you’re no better than I am.
Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?
Yet my friends laugh at me,
for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
yet they laugh at me.
for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
yet they laugh at me.
“I am one mocked by his friends,
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
People who are at ease mock those in trouble.
They give a push to people who are stumbling.
They give a push to people who are stumbling.
The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure —
In what God provides by His hand.
And those who provoke God are secure —
In what God provides by His hand.
“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
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,
For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
and the breath of every human being.
and the breath of every human being.
The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
Wisdom belongs to the aged,
and understanding to the old.
and understanding to the old.
“But true wisdom and power are found in God;
counsel and understanding are his.
counsel and understanding are his.
“With Him are wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
He has counsel and understanding.
What he destroys cannot be rebuilt.
When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.
When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.
If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert.
If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
If He withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
Yes, strength and wisdom are his;
deceivers and deceived are both in his power.
deceivers and deceived are both in his power.
With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment;
wise judges become fools.
wise judges become fools.
He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
And makes fools of the judges.
He removes the royal robe of kings.
They are led away with ropes around their waist.
They are led away with ropes around their waist.
He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
And binds their waist with a belt.
He leads priests away, stripped of status;
he overthrows those with long years in power.
he overthrows those with long years in power.
He silences the trusted adviser
and removes the insight of the elders.
and removes the insight of the elders.
He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
He pours disgrace upon princes
and disarms the strong.
and disarms the strong.
“He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness;
he brings light to the deepest gloom.
he brings light to the deepest gloom.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
And brings the shadow of death to light.
He builds up nations, and he destroys them.
He expands nations, and he abandons them.
He expands nations, and he abandons them.
He strips kings of understanding
and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.
and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.