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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Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
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4 “I am one mocked by his friends,
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Who called on God, and He answered him,
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The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
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5 A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
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It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
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6 The tents of robbers prosper,
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And those who provoke God are secure—
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In what God provides by His hand.
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7 “But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
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And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
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And the fish of the sea will explain 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 whose 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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And the mouth taste its food?
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12 Wisdom is with aged men,
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And with length of days, understanding.
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13 “With Him are wisdom and strength,
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He has counsel and understanding.
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14 If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
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If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
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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 earth.
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16 With Him are strength and prudence.
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The deceived and the deceiver are His.
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17 He leads counselors away plundered,
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And makes fools of the judges.
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18 He loosens the bonds of kings,
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And binds their waist with a belt.
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19 He leads princes away plundered,
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And overthrows the mighty.
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20 He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
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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 disarms the mighty.
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22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
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And brings the shadow of death to light.
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23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;
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He enlarges nations, and guides them.
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24 He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
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And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
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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. |