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86 lines
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Job's Reply to Zophar
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# Chapter 12
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1. Then Job answered:
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2. No doubt you are the people,
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and wisdom will die with you!
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3. But I also have a mind like you;
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I am not inferior to you.
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Who doesn't know the things you are talking about?
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4. I am a laughingstock to my friends,
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by calling on God, who answers me.
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The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.
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5. The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt
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and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
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6. The tents of robbers are safe,
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and those who trouble God are secure;
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God holds them in his hands.
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7. But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
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ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
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8. Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;
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let the fish of the sea inform you.
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9. Which of all these does not know
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that the hand of the Lord has done this?
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10. The life of every living thing is in his hand,
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as well as the breath of all humanity.
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11. Doesn't the ear test words
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as the palate tastes food?
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12. Wisdom is found with the elderly,
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and understanding comes with long life.
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13. Wisdom and strength belong to God;
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counsel and understanding are his.
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14. Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt;
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whoever he imprisons cannot be released.
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15. When he withholds water, everything dries up,
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and when he releases it, it destroys the land.
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16. True wisdom and power belong to him.
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The deceived and the deceiver are his.
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17. He leads counselors away barefoot
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and makes judges go mad.
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18. He releases the bonds put on by kings
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and fastens a belt around their waists.
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19. He leads priests away barefoot
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and overthrows established leaders.
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20. He deprives trusted advisers of speech
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and takes away the elders' good judgment.
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21. He pours out contempt on nobles
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and disarms the strong.
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22. He reveals mysteries from the darkness
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and brings the deepest darkness into the light.
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23. He makes nations great, then destroys them;
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he enlarges nations, then leads them away.
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24. He deprives the world's leaders of reason,
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and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
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25. They grope around in darkness without light;
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he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
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