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  12:1 ¶
And Job answered and said, |
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12:1 ¶
And Jobº
answeredºº
and said,ºº |
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12:2
So then ye [alone] are men, and wisdom shall die with you? |
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12:2
No doubtº
butº
yeº
[are] the people,º
and wisdomº
shall dieºº
withº
you. |
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12:3
[But] I also have a heart as well as you. |
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12:3
Butº
I have understandingº
as well as you;º
Iº
[am] notº
inferiorºº
toº
you: yea,º
whoº
knoweth notº
such thingsº
as these?ºº |
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12:4
For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery. |
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12:4
I amº
[as] one mockedº
of his neighbour,º
who callethºº
upon Eloah,º
and he answerethºº
him: the justº
uprightº
[man is] laughed to scorn.º |
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12:5
For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be [held] guiltless, |
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12:5
He that is readyºº
to slipºº
with [his] feetº
[is as] a lampº
despisedº
in the thoughtº
of him that is at ease.º |
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12:6
even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition [made] of them. |
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12:6
The tabernaclesº
of robbersºº
prosper,ºº
and they that provokeºº
Elº
are secure;º
into whoseº
handº
Eloahº
bringethºº
[abundantly]. |
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12:7
But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee. |
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12:7
Butº
askºº
nowº
the beasts,º
and they shall teachºº
thee; and the fowlsº
of the air,º
and they shall tellºº
thee: |
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12:8
Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee. |
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12:8
Orº
speakºº
to the earth,º
and it shall teachºº
thee: and the fishesº
of the seaº
shall declareºº
unto thee. |
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12:9
Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them? |
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12:9
Whoº
knowethºº
notº
in allº
theseº
thatº
the handº
of Yahwehº
hath wroughtºº
this?º |
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12:10
Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man. |
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12:10
In whoseº
handº
[is] the soulº
of everyº
living thing,º
and the breathº
of allº
mankind.ºº |
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12:11
For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats. |
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12:11
Doth notº
the earº
tryºº
words?º
and the mouthº
tasteºº
his meat?º |
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12:12
In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge. |
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12:12
With the ancientº
[is] wisdom;º
and in lengthº
of daysº
understanding.º |
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12:13
With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding. |
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12:13
Withº
him [is] wisdomº
and strength,º
he hath counselº
and understanding.º |
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12:14
If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open? |
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12:14
Behold,º
he breaketh down,ºº
and it cannotº
be built again:ºº
he shutteth upººº
a man,º
and there can be no opening.ººº |
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12:15
If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it. |
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12:15
Behold,º
he withholdethºº
the waters,º
and they dry up:ºº
also he sendeth them out,ºº
and they overturnºº
the earth.º |
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12:16
With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding. |
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12:16
Withº
him [is] strengthº
and wisdom:º
the deceivedºº
and the deceiverºº
[are] his. |
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12:17
He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth. |
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12:17
He leadethººº
counsellorsºº
away spoiled,º
and maketh the judgesºº
fools.ºº |
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12:18
He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle. |
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12:18
He loosethºº
the bondº
of kings,º
and girdethºº
their loinsº
with a girdle.º |
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12:19
He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth. |
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12:19
He leadethººº
princesº
away spoiled,º
and overthrowethºº
the mighty.º |
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12:20
He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders. |
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12:20
He removeth awayºº
the speechº
of the trusty,ºº
and taketh awayºº
the understandingº
of the aged.º |
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12:21
He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly. |
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12:21
He pourethºº
contemptº
uponº
princes,º
and weakenethºº
the strengthº
of the mighty.º |
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12:22
Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death. |
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12:22
He discoverethºº
deep thingsº
out ofº
darkness,º
and bringeth outºº
to lightº
the shadow of death.º |
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12:23
Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them [away]. |
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12:23
He increasethºº
the nations,º
and destroyethºº
them: he enlargethºº
the nations,º
and straitenethºº
them [again]. |
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12:24
Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way, they have not known, [saying], |
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12:24
He taketh awayºº
the heartº
of the chiefº
of the peopleº
of the earth,º
and causeth them to wanderºº
in a wildernessº
[where there is] noº
way.º |
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12:25
Let them grope [in] darkness, and [let there be] no light, and let them wander as a drunken man. |
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12:25
They gropeºº
in the darkº
withoutº
light,º
and he maketh them to staggerºº
like [a] drunkenº
[man]. |
