Job Chides His Accusers
Then Job responded,
2 “Truly then ayou 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 know such 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 just and bblameless man is a joke.Lit hisJob 17:6; 30:1, 9, 10; 34:7Job 6:295 “1He who is at ease holds disaster in contempt,As prepared for those whose feet slip.Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease6 “The atents of the destroyers prosper,And those who provoke God bare secure,1Whom God brings cinto their power.Or He who brings God into his hand.Job 9:24; 21:7-9Job 24:23Job 22:18
7 “But just ask the animals, and have them teach you;And the birds of the sky, and have them tell you.8 “Or speak to the earth, and have it teach you;And have the fish of the sea tell you.9 “Who among all these does not knowThat athe hand of the LORD has done this,Is 41:2010 aIn whose hand is the life of every living thing,And bthe breath of all mankind?Acts 17:28Job 27:3; 33:411 “Does athe ear not put words to the test,As the palate 1tastes its food?Lit tastes food for itselfJob 34:312 “Wisdom is with the aaged,And with 1long life comes understanding.Lit length of daysJob 15:10; 32:7
Job Speaks of the Power of God
13 “aWisdom and bmight are with Him;Advice and cunderstanding belong to Him.Job 9:4Job 11:6; 26:12; 32:8; 36:5; 38:3614 “Behold, He atears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;He 1bimprisons a person, and 2there is no release.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 “Strength and sound wisdom are with Him.One who agoes astray and one who leads astray belong to Him.Job 13:7, 917 “He makes aadvisers walk 1barefootAnd makes fools of bjudges.Or strippedJob 3:14Job 9:2418 “He aundoes the binding of kings,And ties a loincloth around their waist.Ps 116:1619 “He makes priests walk 1barefoot,And overthrows athe secure ones.Or strippedJob 24:22; 34:24-28; 35:920 “He deprives the trusted ones of speech,And atakes away the discernment of the elders.Job 17:4; 32:921 “He apours contempt on nobles,And bloosens the belt of the strong.Job 34:19; Ps 107:40Job 12:1822 “He areveals mysteries from the darkness,And brings the deep darkness into light.Dan 2:22; 1 Cor 4:523 “He amakes the nations great, then destroys them;He 1enlarges the nations, then leads them away.Or spreads outIs 9:3; 26:1524 “He adeprives the leaders of the earth’s people of 1intelligenceAnd makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.Lit heartJob 12:2025 “They agrope in darkness with no light,And He makes them bstagger like a drunken person.Job 5:14Is 24:20