And Job answered, and said,
Truly ye [are] the people,{HR}And wisdom shall die with you.
But I have a heart as well as you,{HR}I do not sink beneath you:{HR}And with whom [are] not such things as these?
A mockery to his neighbours am I,{HR}One calling on God, and he heard him:{HR}The just, upright, one a mockery!
For misfortune scorn, in the thoughts of the secure,{HR}[Is] ready, for those that slide with the feet.
To the spoilers are the tents at peace,{HR}And those who provoke God have security —{HR}He who causeth God to enter into his hand.
But ask now even the beasts — they can teach thee —{HR}And the fowl of the heavens, and it will declare to thee,
Or think on the earth, and it shall teach thee,{HR}And fishes of the sea shall tell out to thee:
Who doth not know by all these{HR}That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?
In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing,{HR}And the spirit of all flesh of men?
Doth not the ear try words,{HR}As the palate tasteth food for itself?
Among the aged [is] wisdom,{HR}And in length of days understanding.
With him [are] wisdom and might,{HR}He hath counsel and understanding.
He breaketh down, and it is not built up.{HR}He shutteth up on man, and it is not opened.
Lo, he restraineth the waters, and they dry up;{HR}And he sendeth them forth, and they overturn the land.
With him [are] strength and wisdom,{HR}His the deceived and the deceiver,
Leading counselors away spoiled,{HR}And judges he maketh foolish;
The band of kings he looseth,{HR}And bindeth a girdle on their loins.
He leadeth priests, away spoiled,{HR}And overthroweth the strong.
He removeth the lips of the trusted,{HR}And taketh away the tact of the aged.
He poureth contempt upon princes,{HR}And looseth the girdle of the mighty.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness,{HR}And bringeth out to light death-shade.
He magnifieth nations, and destroyeth them,{HR}He leadeth out nations, and leadeth them in.
He taketh away the heart{HR}Of the chief of the people of the land,{HR}And he causeth them to wander{HR}In a wilderness — no way.
They grope in the dark without light,{HR}And he maketh them wander as a drunkard.