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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:
yea,
who knoweth not such things as these?

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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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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 unto 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 his meat?

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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 counsellors 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 discovereth deep things out of darkness,
and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

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He increaseth the nations,
and destroyeth them:
he enlargeth the 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.