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And Job answered and said ,
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No doubt but ye are the people ,
and wisdom shall die with you .
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But I have understanding as well as you ;
I am not inferior to you :
yes ,
who knoweth not such things as these ?
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I am as one mocked by his neighbor ,
who calleth upon God ,
and he answereth him :
the just upright man is derided .
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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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The tabernacles of robbers prosper ,
and they that provoke God are secure ;
into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .
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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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Or speak to the earth ,
and it shall teach thee :
and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee .
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Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought 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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Doth not the ear try words ?
and the mouth taste its food ?
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With the ancient is wisdom ;
and in length of days understanding .
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With him is wisdom and strength ,
he hath counsel and understanding .
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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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Behold ,
he withholdeth the waters ,
and they dry up :
also he sendeth them out ,
and they overturn the earth .
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With him is strength and wisdom :
the deceived and the deceiver are his .
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He leadeth counselors away spoiled ,
and maketh the judges fools .
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He looseth the bond of kings ,
and girdeth their loins with a girdle .
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He leadeth princes away spoiled ,
and overthroweth 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 poureth contempt upon princes ,
and weakeneth the strength of the mighty .
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He revealeth deep things out of darkness ,
and bringeth to light the shades of death .
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He increaseth nations ,
and destroyeth them :
he enlargeth nations ,
and straiteneth them again .
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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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They grope in the dark without light ,
and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man .
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Lo ,
my eye hath seen all this ,
my ear hath heard and understood it .
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What ye know ,
the same do I know also :
I am not inferior to you .
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Surely I would speak to the Almighty ,
and I desire to reason with God .
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But ye are forgers of lies ,
ye are all physicians of no value .
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O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom .
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Hear now my reasoning ,
and hearken to the pleadings of my lips .
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Will ye speak wickedly for God ?
and talk deceitfully for him ?
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Will ye accept his person ?
will ye contend for God ?
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Is it good that he should search you out ?
or as one man mocketh another ,
do ye so mock him ?
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He will surely reprove you ,
if ye do secretly accept persons .
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Shall not his excellence make you afraid ?
and his dread fall upon you ?
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Your remembrances are like to ashes ,
your bodies to bodies of clay .
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Hold your peace ,
let me alone ,
that I may speak ,
and let come on me what will .
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Why do I take my flesh in my teeth ,
and put my life in my hand ?
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Though he shall slay me ,
yet will I trust in him :
but I will maintain my own ways before him .
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He also shall be my salvation :
for a hypocrite shall not come before him .
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Hear diligently my speech ,
and my declaration with your ears .
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Behold now ,
I have ordered my cause ;
I know that I shall be justified .
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Who is he that will plead with me ?
for now ,
if I hold my tongue ,
I shall expire .
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Only do not two things to me :
then will I not hide myself from thee .
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Withdraw thy hand far from me :
and let not thy dread make me afraid .
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Then call thou ,
and I will answer :
or let me speak ,
and answer thou me .
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How many are my iniquities and sins ?
make me to know my transgression and my sin .
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Why hidest thou thy face ,
and holdest me for thy enemy ?
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Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro ?
and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble ?
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For thou writest bitter things against me ,
and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth .
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Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks ,
and lookest narrowly to all my paths ;
thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet .
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And he ,
as a rotten thing ,
consumeth ,
as a garment that is moth-eaten .
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Man that is born of a woman is of few days ,
and full of trouble .
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He cometh forth like a flower ,
and is cut down :
he fleeth also as a shadow ,
and continueth not .
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And dost thou open thy eyes upon such one ,
and bring me into judgment with thee ?
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean ?
not one .
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Seeing his days are determined ,
the number of his months is with thee ,
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass ;
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Turn from him ,
that he may rest ,
till he shall accomplish ,
as a hireling ,
his day .
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For there is hope of a tree ,
if it is cut down ,
that it will sprout again ,
and that its tender branch will not cease .
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Though its root shall become old in the earth ,
and its stock die in the ground ;
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud ,
and bring forth boughs like a plant .
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But man dieth ,
and wasteth away :
yes ,
man yieldeth his breath ,
and where is he ?
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As the waters fail from the sea ,
and the flood decayeth and drieth up :
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So man lieth down ,
and riseth not :
till the heavens shall be no more ,
they shall not awake ,
nor be raised out of their sleep .
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O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave ,
that thou wouldst keep me secret ,
until thy wrath is past ,
that thou wouldst appoint me a set time ,
and remember me !
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If a man dieth ,
shall he live again ?
all the days of my appointed time will I wait ,
till my change shall come .
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Thou shalt call ,
and I will answer thee :
thou wilt have a desire to the work of thy hands .
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For now thou numberest my steps :
dost thou not watch over my sin ?
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My transgression is sealed up in a bag ,
and thou sewest up my iniquity .
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And surely the mountain falling cometh to naught ,
and the rock is removed out of its place .
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The waters wear the stones :
thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth ;
and thou destroyest the hope of man .
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Thou prevailest for ever against him ,
and he passeth :
thou changest his countenance ,
and sendest him away .
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His sons come to honor ,
and he knoweth it not ;
and they are brought low ,
but he perceiveth it not of them .
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But his flesh upon him shall have pain ,
and his soul within him shall mourn .
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Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite ,
and said ,