1Then Job answered,
2“No doubt, but you are the people, and…
3But I have understanding as well as you;…
4I am like one who is a joke…
5In the thought of him who is at…
6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke…
7“But ask the animals now, and they will…
8Or speak to the earth, and it will…
9Who doesn’t know that in all these, the…
10in whose hand is the life of every…
11Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the…
12With aged men is wisdom, in length of…
13“With God is wisdom and might. He has…
14Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be…
15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry…
16With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived…
17He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges…
18He loosens the bond of kings. He binds…
19He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the…
20He removes the speech of those who are…
21He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the…
22He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and…
23He increases the nations, and he destroys them.…
24He takes away understanding from the chiefs of…
25They grope in the dark without light. He…
