Job:12-14

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* And Job answered and said , * For truly you [are ] the people , and wisdom will die with you . * But I have understanding as well as you ; I do not fall [short ] of you ; yes , who does not know such things as these ? * I [am ] a laughing-stock to his friends ; who calls on God , and He answers him ; the just , the upright one [is ] a mockery ; * a flaming brand despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure ; [it is ] ready for those with slipping feet . * The tents of robbers are at peace , and those who provoke God [are ] secure , in whatever God brings to their hand . * But now ask the animals , and they shall teach you ; and the birds of the air , and they shall tell you ; * or speak to the earth , and it shall teach you ; and the fish of the sea shall declare [it ] to you ; * who of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this ? * In whose hand [is ] the soul of every living thing , and the breath of all flesh , [even ] of man ? * Does not the ear try words ? And does not the mouth taste its food ? * With the aged [is ] wisdom , and understanding in length of days . * With Him [is ] wisdom and strength ; He has wisdom and understanding . * Behold , He breaks down , and it can not be built up again ; He shuts up a man , and no one opens . * Behold , He withholds the waters , and they dry up ; also He sends them out , and they overturn the earth . * With Him [is ] strength and sound wisdom ; the deceived and the deceiver [are ] His . * He leads wise men away stripped , and makes the judges fools . * He cuts away the bonds of kings , and binds their loins with a girdle . * He leads priests away stripped , and overthrows the mighty . * [He ] removes the speech of the men of trust , and takes away the understanding of the aged . * He pours scorn on princes , and unties the belt of the mighty . * He discovers deep things out of darkness , and brings the shadow of death to light . * He gives greatness to the nations , and destroys them . He spreads out the nations , and leads them away . * He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land , and causes them to wander in a wilderness [where there is ] no path . * They grope in the dark without light , and He makes them to stagger like [a ] drunkard . * Lo , my eye has seen all this , my ear has heard and understood it . * What you know , I know [also ]; I do not fall [short ] of you . * Surely I would speak to the Almighty , and I desire to argue my case before God . * But you [are ] imputers of lies ; you [are ] all worthless healers . * Oh that you would stop speaking entirely ! And it would be your wisdom . * Hear now my reasoning , and listen to the pleadings of my lips . * Would you speak unrighteously for God , and talk deceitfully for Him ? * Will you lift up His person , or contend for God ? * Is it good that He should search you out ? Or as one man mocks another , do you mock Him ? * He will surely blame you , if you secretly lift up persons . * Shall not His highness make you afraid , and His dread fall on you ? * Your remembered sayings [are ] like ashes , your bodies like bodies of clay . * Be quiet . Let me alone so that I may speak , and let come on me what may . * Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand ? * Though he slay me , I will not wait , but I will maintain my own ways before Him . * He also [is ] my salvation , for an ungodly one shall not come before Him . * Listen carefully to my words , and let what I say be in your ears . * Behold now , I have set [my ] cause in order ; I know that I shall be justified . * Who [is ] he [that ] will plead for me , for now , I would be quiet and expire . * Only do not do two [things ] to me ; then I will not hide myself from You . * Withdraw Your hand far from me , and let not Your fear make me afraid . * Then call , and I will answer ; or let me speak , and answer You me . * How many [are ] my iniquities and sins ? Make known my transgressions and my sin . * Why do You hide Your face , and hold me for Your enemy ? * Will You terrify a leaf driven to and fro ? Will You pursue the dry stubble ? * For You write bitter things against me , and make me to possess the sins of my youth . * You put my feet also in the stocks , and look closely to all my paths ; You set a limit for the soles of my feet . * And he wears out like a rotten thing , like a garment that a moth eats . * Man born of woman [is ] of few days , and full of trouble . * He comes forth like a flower , and withers ; he also flees as a shadow , and does not stand . * And You open Your eyes on such a one , and bring me into judgment with You . * Who can bring a clean [thing ] out of an unclean ? No one ! * For his days [are ] fixed , the number of his months [is ] with You , and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass ; * look away from him , so that he may rest until he shall finish his day , as a hireling . * For there is hope of a tree , if it is cut down , that it will sprout again , and its tender branch will not cease . * Though its root becomes old in the earth , and its stump dies in the dust , * [yet ] at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant . * But man dies and is cut off ; and man expires , and where [is ] he ? * [As ] the waters fail from the sea , and a river falls away and dries up , * so man lies down and does not rise . Till the heavens [are ] no more , they shall not awake , nor be awakened out of their sleep . * Who will grant [that ] You would hide me in the grave , that You would keep me secret , until Your wrath is past , that You would set me a fixed time and remember me ? * If a man die , shall he revive ? All the days of my warfare I will wait , until my change comes . * You shall call , and I will answer You ; You shall have a desire to the work of Your hands . * For now You number my steps ; do You not watch over my sin ? * My transgression [is ] sealed up in a bag , and You cover over my iniquity . * And surely a falling mountain crumbles away , and the rock moves out of its place . * The waters wear away the stones ; the outpouring of it washes the dust of the earth ; and You cause the hope of man to perish . * You overpower him forever , and he passes ; You change his face , and send him away . * His sons come to honor , and he knows it not ; they fall , but he does not mark [it ]. * But his flesh is pained within him ; and his soul mourns over him . * And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said ,

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