Then Job 1responded
,
"Truly then
ayou are the people
, And with you wisdom
will die
!
"But aI have intelligence as well
as you; I am not inferior
to you. And 1who
does not know
such
things as these
?
"I am a ajoke
to 1my friends
, The one who called
on God
and He answered
him; The just
and bblameless
man is a joke
.
" 1He who is at ease holds
calamity
in contempt
, As prepared
for those whose feet
slip
.
"The atents of the destroyers
prosper
, And those who provoke
God
bare secure
, 1Whom
God
brings
cinto their power
.
"But now ask
the beasts
, and let them teach
you; And the birds
of the heavens
, and let them tell
you.
"Or speak
to the earth
, and let it teach
you; And let the fish
of the sea
declare
to you.
"Who among all
these
does not know
That athe hand
of the LORD
has done
this
,
aIn whose hand
is the life
of every
living
thing
, And bthe breath
of all
mankind
?
"Does not athe ear test
words
, As the palate
1tastes
its food
?
"Wisdom is with aaged
men
, With 1long
life
is understanding
.
"With Him are awisdom and amight
; To Him belong counsel
and bunderstanding
.
"Behold, He atears
down
, and it cannot
be rebuilt
; He 1 bimprisons
a man
, and 2there can be no
release
.
"Behold, He arestrains
the waters
, and they dry
up; And He bsends
them out, and they 1inundate
the earth
.
"With Him are strength and sound
wisdom
, The amisled
and the misleader
belong to Him.
"He makes acounselors walk
1barefoot
And makes
fools
of bjudges
.
"He aloosens the 1bond
of kings
And binds
their loins
with a girdle
.
"He makes priests walk
1barefoot
And overthrows
athe secure
ones
.
"He deprives the trusted
ones of speech
And atakes
away the discernment
of the elders
.
"He apours contempt
on nobles
And bloosens
the belt
of the strong
.
"He areveals mysteries
from the darkness
And brings
the deep
darkness
into light
.
"He amakes the nations
great
, then destroys
them; He 1enlarges
the nations
, then leads
them away.
"He adeprives of intelligence
the chiefs
of the earth's
people
And makes them wander
in a pathless
waste
.
"They agrope in darkness
with no
light
, And He makes them bstagger
like a drunken
man
.