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1 - Then Job answered, and said:

2 - Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with you?

3 - I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?

4 - He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn.

5 - The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed.

6 - The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

7 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee.

8 - Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.

9 - Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things?

10 - In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

11 - Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste?

12 - In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days prudence.

13 - With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

14 - If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a man, there is none that can open.

15 - If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.

16 - With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceivers, and him that is deceived.

17 - He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility.

18 - He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord.

19 - He leadeth away priests without glory, and overthroweth nobles.

20 - He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged.

21 - He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed.

22 - He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth up to light the shadow of death.

23 - He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them, and restoreth them again after they were overthrown.

24 - He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way.

25 - They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk.