53 lines
2.1 KiB
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53 lines
2.1 KiB
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# Chapter 12
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1 Then Job answered and said:
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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 have understanding as well as you;
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I am not inferior to you.
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Who does not know such things as these?
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4 I am a laughingstock to my friends;
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I, who called to God and he answered me,
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a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
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5 In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
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it is ready for those whose feet slip.
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6 The tents of robbers are at peace,
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and those who provoke God are secure,
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who bring their god in their hand.
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7 “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
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the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
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8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;
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and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
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9 Who among all these does not know
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that the hand of the Lord has done this?
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10 In his hand is the life of every living thing
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and the breath of all mankind.
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11 Does not the ear test words
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as the palate tastes food?
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12 Wisdom is with the aged,
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and understanding in length of days.
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13 “With God are wisdom and might;
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he has counsel and understanding.
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14 If he tears down, none can rebuild;
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if he shuts a man in, none can open.
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15 If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
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if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
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16 With him are strength and sound wisdom;
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the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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17 He leads counselors away stripped,
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and judges he makes fools.
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18 He looses the bonds of kings
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and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
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19 He leads priests away stripped
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and overthrows the mighty.
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20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted
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and takes away the discernment of the elders.
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21 He pours contempt on princes
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and loosens the belt of the strong.
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22 He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
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and brings deep darkness to light.
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23 He makes nations great, and he destroys them;
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he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
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24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
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and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
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25 They grope in the dark without light,
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and he makes them stagger like a drunken man. |