Job Presents His Case 1 DBY And Job answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 DBY Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you! BSB BSB: “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
3 DBY I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these? BSB BSB: But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
4 DBY I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man . 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 DBY He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. BSB BSB: The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6 DBY The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth. BSB BSB: The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
7 DBY But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee; BSB BSB: But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
8 DBY Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. BSB BSB: Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
9 DBY Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this? BSB BSB: Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10 DBY In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man. BSB BSB: The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
11 DBY Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food? BSB BSB: Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
12 DBY With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding. BSB BSB: Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
13 DBY With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding. BSB BSB: Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
14 DBY Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening. BSB BSB: What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
15 DBY Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. BSB BSB: If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
16 DBY With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his. BSB BSB: True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 DBY He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools; BSB BSB: He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
18 DBY He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter; BSB BSB: He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
19 DBY He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty; BSB BSB: He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
20 DBY He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders; BSB BSB: He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
21 DBY He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty; BSB BSB: He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22 DBY He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death; BSB BSB: He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
23 DBY He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in; BSB BSB: He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
24 DBY He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste. BSB BSB: He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
25 DBY They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard. BSB BSB: They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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