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[1]And Job answered and said,
[2]So then ye alone are men, and wisdom shall die with you?
[3]But I also have a heart as well as you.
[4]For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery.
[5]For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be held guiltless,
[6]even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them.
[7]But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee.
[8]Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.
[9]Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them?
[10]Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man.
[11]For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats.
[12]In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge.
[13]With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding.
[14]If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open?
[15]If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.
[16]With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding.
[17]He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth.
[18]He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.
[19]He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth.
[20]He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders.
[21]He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly.
[22]Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death.
[23]Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them away.
[24]Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way, they have not known, saying,
[25]Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.
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