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Now Job replied and said,
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"Indeed you are a people, and wisdom shall perish with you.
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[But] I too have intelligence like you; I am not inferior to you, and with whom are there none comparable to these?
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I am as one who is a laughingstock to his friend, one who calls to God and He answers him that the completely righteous will have laughter.
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A brand of contempt is for the thought of the tranquil, is prepared for those whose foot has slipped.
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The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure, to whomever God brought it with His hand.
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But now inquire of the beasts and they will instruct you, and of the fowl of the heavens and they will tell you.
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Or speak to the earth and it will instruct you, and the fishes of the sea will tell you.
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Who does not know of all these? For the hand of the Lord has done this,
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in Whose hand is the soul of all living and the spirit of all human flesh.
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Does not the ear discern words and the palate taste its food?
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In elders there is wisdom and in longevity there is understanding.
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With Him is wisdom and might; He has counsel and understanding.
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Behold, He breaks down and it cannot be rebuilt; He shuts up a man and there can be no opening.
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Behold He withholds the water and it dries up; He sends it away and it overturns the earth.
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With Him is might and counsel; His are the misled and the misleader.
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He leads counselors away with madness and He makes judges into fools.
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He loosens the bond of kings and He binds a girdle to their loins.
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He leads princes away with madness and He overthrows the mighty.
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He removes the speech from trusty men, and takes away the sense of the elders.
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He pours contempt upon princes and loosens the belt of the strong.
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He uncovers deep things out of darkness and brings to light the shadow of death.
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He makes nations great and destroys them; He spreads out the nations and leads them.
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He takes away the intelligence of the heads of the people of the land, and He causes them to wander in a wasteland [that is] not a road.
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They grope in the darkness without light, and he causes them to wander like a drunkard.
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