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1 And Job answered and said:
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1 Then Job replied:
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2 "No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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2 "Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
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3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
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4 I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and He answereth him; the just and upright man is laughed to scorn.
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4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered-- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
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5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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5 Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure-- those who carry their god in their hands.
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7 "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee.
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7 "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.
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9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this,
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9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
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10 in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
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10 In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
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11 Doth not the ear test words, and the mouth taste his meat?
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11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
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12 With the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days, understanding.
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12 Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
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13 "With Him are wisdom and strength; He hath counsel and understanding.
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13 "To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
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14 Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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14 What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released.
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15 Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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15 If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
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16 With Him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
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16 To him belong strength and victory; both deceived and deceiver are his.
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17 He leadeth counselors away despoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
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17 He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.
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18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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18 He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.
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19 He leadeth princes away despoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows men long established.
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20 He removeth away the speech of the trusted, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
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21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
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21 He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
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22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.
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23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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23 He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
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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.
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24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.
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25 They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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25 They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible Online) |
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