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