| 1 | When Job answered, and said: |
| 2 | Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with you? |
| 3 | I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know? |
| 4 | He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn. |
| 5 | The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed. |
| 6 | The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands: |
| 7 | But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee. |
| 8 | Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell. |
| 9 | Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things? |
| 10 | In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man. |
| 11 | Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste? |
| 12 | In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days prudence. |
| 13 | With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. |
| 14 | If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a. man, there is none that can open. |
| 15 | If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth. |
| 16 | With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceiver, and him that is deceived. |
| 17 | He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility. |
| 18 | He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord. |
| 19 | He leadeth away priests without glory, and overthroweth nobles. |
| 20 | He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged. |
| 21 | He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed. |
| 22 | He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth up to light the shadow of death. |
| 23 | He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them, and restoreth them again after they were overthrown. |
| 24 | He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way. |
| 25 | They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk. |
