Job Presents His Case 1 CPDV Then Job, answering, said: BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 CPDV Are you, therefore, alone among men, and will wisdom die with you? BSB BSB: “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
3 CPDV And I have a heart just as you also do, and I am not inferior to you. For who is ignorant of these things, which you know? BSB BSB: But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
4 CPDV He who is mocked by his friends as I am, will call upon God, and he will listen to him because it is the sincerity of the just that is being mocked. BSB BSB: I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
5 CPDV The lamp that is despised in the thoughts of the rich is ready for the appointed time. BSB BSB: The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6 CPDV The tabernacles of robbers are numerous, and they provoke God boldly; whereas, it is he who has given all things into their hands. BSB BSB: The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
7 CPDV In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you. BSB BSB: But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
8 CPDV Speak with the earth, and it will respond to you, and the fish of the sea will explain. BSB BSB: Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
9 CPDV Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things? BSB BSB: Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10 CPDV In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind. BSB BSB: The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
11 CPDV Does not the ear perceive words, and the palate, when eating, perceive flavor? BSB BSB: Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
12 CPDV In old age is wisdom, and in length of days is prudence. BSB BSB: Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
13 CPDV With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding. BSB BSB: Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
14 CPDV If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open. BSB BSB: What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
15 CPDV If he restrains the waters, everything will dry up; and if he sends them forth, they will subdue the land. BSB BSB: If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
16 CPDV With him is strength and wisdom; he knows both the deceiver and he who is deceived. BSB BSB: True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 CPDV He leads advisors to a foolish end and judges to stupidity. BSB BSB: He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
18 CPDV He removes the belt of kings and encircles their waist with a rope. BSB BSB: He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
19 CPDV He leads away priests in dishonor and displaces nobles, BSB BSB: He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
20 CPDV altering the lips of those who speak the truth and sweeping away the teaching of the aged. BSB BSB: He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
21 CPDV He pours disdain upon the leaders, relieving those who had been oppressed. BSB BSB: He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22 CPDV He reveals the depths of the darkness, and he brings the shadow of death into the light. BSB BSB: He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
23 CPDV He multiplies peoples, and destroys them, and, having been overthrown, he restores them anew. BSB BSB: He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
24 CPDV He transforms the heart of the leaders of the people on earth, and misleads those who in vain advance upon the inviolable. BSB BSB: He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
25 CPDV They will grope as in the darkness, not the light, and he will make them stagger like drunkards. BSB BSB: They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.