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  12:1 ¶
And Job answered and said, |
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12:1 ¶
And Job°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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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 doubt°
but°
ye°
[are] the people,°
and wisdom°
shall die°°
with°
you. |
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12:3
[But] I also have a heart as well as 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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12:4
For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery. |
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12:4
I am°
[as] one mocked°
of his neighbour,°
who calleth°°
upon Eloah,°
and he answereth°°
him: the just°
upright°
[man is] laughed to scorn.° |
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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 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
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 tabernacles°
of robbers°°
prosper,°°
and they that provoke°°
El°
are secure;°
into whose°
hand°
Eloah°
bringeth°°
[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
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
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
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 then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them? |
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12:9
Who°
knoweth°°
not°
in all°
these°
that°
the hand°
of Yahweh°
hath wrought°°
this?° |
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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 whose°
hand°
[is] the soul°
of every°
living thing,°
and the breath°
of all°
mankind.°° |
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12:11
For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats. |
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12:11
Doth not°
the ear°
try°°
words?°
and the mouth°
taste°°
his meat?° |
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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 ancient°
[is] wisdom;°
and in length°
of days°
understanding.° |
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12:13
With him are wisdom and power, with him 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
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,°
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
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,°
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 are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding. |
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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 leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth. |
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12:17
He leadeth°°°
counsellors°°
away spoiled,°
and maketh the judges°°
fools.°° |
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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 looseth°°
the bond°
of kings,°
and girdeth°°
their loins°
with a girdle.° |
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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 leadeth°°°
princes°
away spoiled,°
and overthroweth°°
the mighty.° |
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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 away°°
the speech°
of the trusty,°°
and taketh away°°
the understanding°
of the aged.° |
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12:21
He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly. |
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12:21
He poureth°°
contempt°
upon°
princes,°
and weakeneth°°
the strength°
of the mighty.° |
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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 discovereth°°
deep things°
out of°
darkness,°
and bringeth out°°
to light°
the shadow of death.° |
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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 increaseth°°
the nations,°
and destroyeth°°
them: he enlargeth°°
the nations,°
and straiteneth°°
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 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
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 grope°°
in the dark°
without°
light,°
and he maketh them to stagger°°
like [a] drunken°
[man]. |
