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| [1]AND Job answered and said, |
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| [2]Truly, you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. |
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| [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? |
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| [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, |
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| [5]Who is ready to do away with contempt and iniquity, and to strengthen the slippery feet |
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| [6]The tabernacle of robbers shall be removed, and the confidence of those who provoke God; for there is no God in their heart. |
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| [7]But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you; |
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| [8]Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you. |
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| [9]Who does not know in all these that the hand of the LORD has made them? |
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| [10]Because in his hand are the souls of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. |
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| [11]The ear hears the words, and the palate tastes food |
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| [12]With the elders is wisdom; and in length of days, understanding. |
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| [13]With him is wisdom and might, he has counsel and understanding. |
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| [14]Behold, if he demolishes, who can build; and if he shuts up a man in prison, who can open? |
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| [15]If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he releases them they ruin the land. |
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| [16]With him is strength and wisdom; with him is might and salvation. |
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| [17]He leads kings amazingly, and makes judges fools. |
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| [18]He brings kings down to beg at the gates, and girds their loins with girdles of power. |
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| [19]He leads priests with reverence, and overthrows the mighty. |
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| [20]He cancels the speech of trusty counsellors, and takes away the good judgment of elders. |
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| [21]He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty. |
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| [22]He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the light out of the shadow of death. |
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| [23]He causes the nations to err, and destroys them; he strikes down the nations, and forsakes them. |
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| [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. |
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| [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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