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  12:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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12:1 ¶
And Job°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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12:2
No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. |
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12:2
No doubt°
but°
ye°
[are] the people,°
and wisdom°
shall die°°
with°
you. |
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12:3
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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12:3
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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12:4
I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. |
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12:4
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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12:5
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. |
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12:5
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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12:6
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly]. |
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12:6
The tabernacles°
of robbers°°
prosper,°°
and they that provoke°°
God°
are secure;°
into whose°
hand°
God°
bringeth°°
[abundantly]. |
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12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: |
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12:7
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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12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. |
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12:8
Or°
speak°°
to the earth,°
and it shall teach°°
thee: and the fishes°
of the sea°
shall declare°°
unto thee. |
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12:9
Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, |
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12:9
Who°
knoweth°°
not°
in all°
these°
that°
the hand°
of the LORD°
hath wrought°°
this?° |
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12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? |
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12:10
In whose°
hand°
[is] the soul°
of every°
living thing,°
and the breath°
of all°
mankind.°° |
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12:11
Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food? |
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12:11
Doth not°
the ear°
try°°
words?°
and the mouth°
taste°°
his meat?° |
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12:12
With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding. |
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12:12
With the ancient°
[is] wisdom;°
and in length°
of days°
understanding.° |
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12:13
With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. |
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12:13
With°
him [is] wisdom°
and strength,°
he hath counsel°
and understanding.° |
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12:14
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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12:14
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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12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. |
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12:15
Behold,°
he withholdeth°°
the waters,°
and they dry up:°°
also he sendeth them out,°°
and they overturn°°
the earth.° |
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12:16
With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. |
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12:16
With°
him [is] strength°
and wisdom:°
the deceived°°
and the deceiver°°
[are] his. |
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12:17
He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools. |
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12:17
He leadeth°°°
counsellors°°
away spoiled,°
and maketh the judges°°
fools.°° |
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12:18
He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle. |
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12:18
He looseth°°
the bond°
of kings,°
and girdeth°°
their loins°
with a girdle.° |
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12:19
He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. |
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12:19
He leadeth°°°
princes°
away spoiled,°
and overthroweth°°
the mighty.° |
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12:20
He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. |
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12:20
He removeth away°°
the speech°
of the trusty,°°
and taketh away°°
the understanding°
of the aged.° |
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12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. |
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12:21
He poureth°°
contempt°
upon°
princes,°
and weakeneth°°
the strength°
of the mighty.° |
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12:22
He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. |
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12:22
He discovereth°°
deep things°
out of°
darkness,°
and bringeth out°°
to light°
the shadow of death.° |
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12:23
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. |
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12:23
He increaseth°°
the nations,°
and destroyeth°°
them: he enlargeth°°
the nations,°
and straiteneth°°
them [again]. |
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12:24
He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. |
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12:24
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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12:25
They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. |
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12:25
They grope°°
in the dark°
without°
light,°
and he maketh them to stagger°°
like [a] drunken°
[man]. |
