2 “Trulythenayou are the people,And with you wisdom will die!Job 17:103 “But aI have intelligence as well as you;I am not inferior to you.And 1who does not knowsuch things as these?Lit with whom is there not like these?Job 13:24 “I am a ajoke to 1my friends,The one who called on God and He answered him;The justandbblamelessman is a joke.Lit hisJob 17:6; 30:1, 9, 10; 34:7Job 6:295 “1He who is at easeholdscalamity in contempt,As prepared for those whose feetslip.Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease6 “The atents of the destroyersprosper,And those who provokeGodbare secure,1WhomGodbringscinto their power.Or He who brings God into his handJob 9:24; 21:7-9Job 24:23Job 22:18
7 “But nowask the beasts, and let them teach you;And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.8 “Orspeak to the earth, and let it teach you;And let the fish of the seadeclare to you.9 “Who among allthese does not knowThat athe hand of the LORD has donethis,Is 41:2010 aIn whosehand is the life of everylivingthing,And bthe breath of allmankind?Acts 17:28Job 27:3; 33:411 “Does not athe eartestwords,As the palate1tastes its food?Lit tastes food for itselfJob 34:312 “Wisdom is with aagedmen,With1longlife is understanding.Lit length of daysJob 15:10; 32:7
Job Speaks of the Power of God
13 “With Him are awisdom and bmight;To Him belong counsel and cunderstanding.Job 9:4Job 11:6; 26:12; 32:8; 36:5; 38:3614 “Behold, He atearsdown, and it cannot be rebuilt;He 1bimprisons a man, and 2there can be norelease.Lit shuts againstLit it is not openedJob 19:10; Is 25:2Job 37:715 “Behold, He arestrains the waters, and they dry up;And He bsends them out, and they 1inundate the earth.Lit overturnDeut 11:17; 1 Kin 8:35; 17:1Gen 7:11-2416 “With Him are strength and soundwisdom,The amisled and the misleader belong to Him.Job 13:7, 917 “He makes acounselorswalk1barefootAnd makesfools of bjudges.Or strippedJob 3:14Job 9:2418 “He aloosens the 1bond of kingsAnd binds their loins with a girdle.Or disciplinePs 116:1619 “He makes priestswalk1barefootAnd overthrowsathe secureones.Or strippedJob 24:22; 34:24-28; 35:920 “He deprives the trusted ones of speechAnd atakes away the discernment of the elders.Job 17:4; 32:921 “He apourscontempt on noblesAnd bloosens the belt of the strong.Job 34:19; Ps 107:40Job 12:1822 “He arevealsmysteries from the darknessAnd brings the deepdarkness into light.Dan 2:22; 1 Cor 4:523 “He amakes the nationsgreat, then destroys them;He 1enlarges the nations, then leads them away.Or spreads outIs 9:3; 26:1524 “He adeprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’speopleAnd makes them wander in a pathlesswaste.Job 12:2025 “They agrope in darkness with nolight,And He makes them bstagger like a drunkenman.Job 5:14Is 24:20
2 “Trulythenayou are the people,And with you wisdom will die!Job 17:103 “But aI have a heartofwisdom as well as you;I do not fallshort of you.And 1who does not knowsuch things as these?Lit with whom is there not like these?Job 13:24 “I am a alaughingstock to 1my friends,The one who called on God and He answered him;The righteousandbblamelessman is a laughingstock.Lit hisJob 17:6; 30:1, 9, 10; 34:7Job 6:295 “1As for upheaval, thereisonlycontempt by the one who actsatease,But it is prepared for those whose feetslip.Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease6 “The atents of the destroyers are complacent,And those who provokeGodbare secure,1WhomGodbringscinto their power.Or He who brings God into his handJob 9:24; 21:7-9Job 24:23Job 22:18
7 “But nowask the beasts, and let them instruct you;And the birds of the sky, and let them tell you.8 “Ormuse to the earth, and let it instruct you;And let the fish of the searecountit to you.9 “Who among allthese does not knowThat athe hand of Yahweh has donethis,Is 41:2010 aIn whosehand is the life of everylivingthing,And bthe breath of all the flesh of man?Acts 17:28Job 27:3; 33:411 “Does not athe eartestwords,As the palate1tastes its food?Lit tastes food for itselfJob 34:312 “Wisdom is with aagedmen,With1longlife is discernment.Lit length of daysJob 15:10; 32:7
Job Speaks of God’s Strength
13 “With Him are awisdom and bmight;To Him belong counsel and cdiscernment.Job 9:4Job 11:6; 26:12; 32:8; 36:5; 38:3614 “Behold, He apullsdown, and it cannot be rebuilt;He bcloses a manin, and it cannot be opened.Job 19:10; Is 25:2Job 37:715 “Behold, He arestrains the waters, and they dryup;And He bsends them out, and they overturn the earth.Deut 11:17; 1 Kin 8:35; 17:1Gen 7:11-2416 “With Him are strength and soundwisdom;The amisled and the misleader belong to Him.Job 13:7, 917 “He makes acounselorswalk1barefootAnd makesfools of bjudges.Or strippedJob 3:14Job 9:2418 “He aopens the 1bond of kingsAnd binds their loins with a belt.Or disciplinePs 116:1619 “He makes priestswalk1barefootAnd subvertsathe enduringones.Or strippedJob 24:22; 34:24-28; 35:920 “He removesspeech from the faithfulAnd atakes away the discerningtaste of the elders.Job 17:4; 32:921 “He apourscontempt on noblesAnd bloosens the belt of the strong.Job 34:19; Ps 107:40Job 12:1822 “He arevealsmysteries from the darknessAnd bringsout the shadows of death into light.Dan 2:22; 1 Cor 4:523 “He amakes the nationsgreat, then makes them perish;He 1enlarges the nations, then leads them away.Or spreads outIs 9:3; 26:1524 “He aremoves the heartofwisdom from the heads of the earth’speopleAnd makes them wander in a pathless1waste.Or formlessnessJob 12:2025 “They agrope in darkness with nolight,And He makes them bwanderabout like a drunkenman.Job 5:14Is 24:20