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And Job answered and said,
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Job answered:
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Then Job replied:
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Then Job answered and said:
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Then Job spoke again:
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No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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"I'm sure you speak for all the experts, and when you die there'll be no one left to tell us how to live.
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"Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
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"No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!
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"You really know everything, don't you? And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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But don't forget that I also have a brain--I don't intend to play second fiddle to you. It doesn't take an expert to know these things.
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But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
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Well, I know a few things myself--and you're no better than I am. Who doesn't know these things you've been saying?
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I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
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"I'm ridiculed by my friends: "So that's the man who had conversations with God!' Ridiculed without mercy: "Look at the man who never did wrong!'
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"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
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"I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
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Yet my friends laugh at me. I am a man who calls on God and receives an answer. I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me.
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He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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It's easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers.
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Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
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People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling.
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The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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Crooks reside safely in high-security houses, insolent blasphemers live in luxury; they've bought and paid for a god who'll protect them.
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The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure- those who carry their god in their hands.
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The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure-- In what God provides by His hand.
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But even robbers are left in peace, and those who provoke God--and God has them in his power--live in safety!
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
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"But ask the animals what they think--let them teach you; let the birds tell you what's going on.
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"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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"But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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"Ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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Put your ear to the earth--learn the basics. Listen--the fish in the ocean will tell you their stories.
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or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.
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Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
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Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish of the sea speak to you.
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Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
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Isn't it clear that they all know and agree that GOD is sovereign, that he holds all things in his hand--
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Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
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Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this,
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They all know that the LORD has done this.
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In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
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Every living soul, yes, every breathing creature?
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In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
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In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
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For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of all humanity.
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Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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Isn't this all just common sense, as common as the sense of taste?
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Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
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Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?
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Just as the mouth tastes good food, so the ear tests the words it hears.
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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
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Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom, that you have to grow old before you understand life?
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Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
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Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.
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Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to those who have lived many years.
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With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
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"True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for.
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"To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
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"With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.
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"But true wisdom and power are with God; counsel and understanding are his.
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Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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If he tears something down, it's down for good; if he locks people up, they're locked up for good.
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What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released.
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If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
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What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he closes in on someone, there is no escape.
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Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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If he holds back the rain, there's a drought; if he lets it loose, there's a flood.
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If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
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If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
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If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert. If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
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With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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Strength and success belong to God; both deceived and deceiver must answer to him.
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To him belong strength and victory; both deceived and deceiver are his.
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With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
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"Yes, strength and wisdom are with him; deceivers and deceived are both in his power.
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He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
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He strips experts of their vaunted credentials, exposes judges as witless fools.
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He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.
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He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges.
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He leads counselors away stripped of good judgment; he drives judges to madness.
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He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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He divests kings of their royal garments, then ties a rag around their waists.
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He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.
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He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt.
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He removes the royal robe of kings. With ropes around their waist, they are led away.
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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He strips priests of their robes, and fires high officials from their jobs.
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He leads priests away stripped and overthrows men long established.
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He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.
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He leads priests away stripped of status; he overthrows the mighty.
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He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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He forces trusted sages to keep silence, deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom.
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He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
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He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.
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He silences the trusted adviser, and he removes the insight of the elders.
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
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He dumps contempt on famous people, disarms the strong and mighty.
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He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
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He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.
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He pours disgrace upon princes and confiscates weapons from the strong.
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He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness, hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun.
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He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.
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He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.
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"He floods the darkness with light; he brings light to the deepest gloom.
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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others.
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He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
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He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.
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He raises up nations, and he destroys them. He makes nations expand, and he abandons them.
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He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no man's land.
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He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.
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He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
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He takes away the understanding of kings, and he leaves them wandering in a wasteland without a path.
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They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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They grope in the dark without a clue, lurching and staggering like drunks.
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They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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They grope in the darkness without a light. He makes them stagger like drunkards.
