^[1]  And Job answered and said,

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^[2]  No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

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^[3]  But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knows not such things as these?

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^[4]  I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls on God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

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^[5]  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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^[6]  The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.

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^[7]  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:

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^[8]  Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you.

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^[9]  Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has worked this?

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^[10]  In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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^[11]  Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

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^[12]  With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

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^[13]  With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.

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^[14]  Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.

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^[15]  Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

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^[16]  With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

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^[17]  He leads counsellors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools.

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^[18]  He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle.

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^[19]  He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty.

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^[20]  He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

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^[21]  He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.

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^[22]  He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

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^[23]  He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again.

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^[24]  He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

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^[25]  They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.

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