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CHAPTER 12
And Job answered and said,
2
No doubt but ye
are
the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3
But
I have understanding as well as you; I
am
not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as
these?
4
I am
as
one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the
just upright
man is
laughed to scorn.
5
He that is ready to slip with
his
feet
is as
a lamp despised in
the thought of him that is at ease.
6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God
are secure; into whose hand God bringeth
abundantly.
7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall
teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach
thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand
of the L
ORD
hath wrought this?
10
In whose hand
is
the soul of every living thing, and the breath of
all mankind.
11
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12
With the ancient
is
wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13
With him
is
wisdom and strength, he hath counsel
and understanding.
14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man,
and there can be no opening.
15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth
them out, and they overturn the earth.
16
With him
is
strength and wisdom: the deceived and the
deceiver
are
his.
17
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18
He looseth
the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and
overthroweth the mighty.
20
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the
understanding of the aged.
21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the
mighty.
22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them
again.
24
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to
wander in a wilderness
where there is
no way.
25
They grope in the dark without light, and he
maketh them to stagger like
a
drunken
man.
CHAPTER 13
Lo, mine eye hath seen all
this,
mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2
What ye know,
the same
do I know also: I
am
not inferior unto you.
3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to
reason with God.
4
But ye
are
forgers of lies, ye
are
all physicians of no value.
5
Oh that ye would
altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken
to the pleadings of my lips.
7
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8
Will
ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one
man mocketh another, do ye
so
mock him?
10
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept
persons.
11
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
12
Your
remembrances
are
like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
13
Hold your peace, let me alone,
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