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[1]AND Job answered and said,
[2]Truly, you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
[3]But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; but to whom are such things as these not known?
[4]And yet he who called upon God became ridiculous to his friends, and he answered him who is pleased with the righteous who are unblemished,
[5]Who is ready to do away with contempt and iniquity, and to strengthen the slippery feet
[6]The tabernacle of robbers shall be removed, and the confidence of those who provoke God; for there is no God in their heart.
[7]But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you;
[8]Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you.
[9]Who does not know in all these that the hand of the LORD has made them?
[10]Because in his hand are the souls of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
[11]The ear hears the words, and the palate tastes food
[12]With the elders is wisdom; and in length of days, understanding.
[13]With him is wisdom and might, he has counsel and understanding.
[14]Behold, if he demolishes, who can build; and if he shuts up a man in prison, who can open?
[15]If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he releases them they ruin the land.
[16]With him is strength and wisdom; with him is might and salvation.
[17]He leads kings amazingly, and makes judges fools.
[18]He brings kings down to beg at the gates, and girds their loins with girdles of power.
[19]He leads priests with reverence, and overthrows the mighty.
[20]He cancels the speech of trusty counsellors, and takes away the good judgment of elders.
[21]He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.
[22]He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the light out of the shadow of death.
[23]He causes the nations to err, and destroys them; he strikes down the nations, and forsakes them.
[24]He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a waste land where there is no way.
[25]They search in darkness without light, and they grope in darkness without understanding; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man
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