Then Job answered and said,
No doubt but ye are the people,
And wisdom shall die with you.
But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you:
Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor,
I who called upon God, and he answered:
The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
The tents of robbers prosper,
And they that provoke God are secure;
{Or, That bring their god to their hand}Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee;
And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Who knoweth not {Or, by}in all these,
That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
And the {Or, spirit}breath of all mankind?
Doth not the ear try words,
Even as the palate tasteth its food?
{Or, With aged men, ye say, is wisdom}With aged men is wisdom,
And in length of days understanding.
With {Hebrew: him.}God is wisdom and might;
He hath counsel and understanding.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again;
He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;
Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
With him is strength and wisdom;
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
He leadeth counsellors away stripped,
And judges maketh he fools.
He looseth the bond of kings,
And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
He leadeth priests away stripped,
And overthroweth the mighty.
He removeth the speech of the trusty,
And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
He poureth contempt upon princes,
And looseth the belt of the strong.
He uncovereth deep things out of darkness,
And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them:
He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the {Or, land}earth,
And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
They grope in the dark without light;
And he maketh them to {Hebrew: wander.}stagger like a drunken man.
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And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,I am young, and ye are very old;Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.
I said, Days should speak,And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
But there is a spirit in man,And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
It is not the great that are wise,Nor the aged that understand justice.
With him is strength and wisdom;The deceived and the deceiver are his.
Counsel is mine, and {Or, effectual working}sound knowledge:I am understanding; I have might.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—
Who hath {Or, meted out}directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Whence then cometh wisdom?And where is the place of understanding?
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
{Hebrew: Abaddon.}Destruction and Death say,We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
God understandeth the way thereof,And he knoweth the place thereof.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth,And seeth under the whole heaven;
{Or, When he maketh}To make a weight for the wind:Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
When he made a decree for the rain,And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Then did he see it, and {Or, recount}declare it;He established it, yea, and searched it out.
And unto man he said,Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;And to depart from evil is understanding.
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any:He is mighty in strength of {Hebrew: heart.}understanding.
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;His understanding is infinite.
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
For Jehovah giveth wisdom;Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:
{Or, wherewith he abounded}which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; {Or, And a shield for &c.}He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens.
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.
but unto {Greek: the called themselves.}them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.