1And Job answered and said,
2No doubt but ye are the people,
3But I have understanding as well as you;
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour,
5He that is ready to slip with his feet
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper,
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:
9Who knoweth not in all these
10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
11Doth not the ear try words?
12With the ancient is wisdom;
13With him is wisdom and strength,
14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again:
15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up:
16With him is strength and wisdom:
17He leadeth counsellers away spoiled,
18He looseth the bond of kings,
19He leadeth princes away spoiled,
20He removeth away the speech of the trusty,
21He poureth contempt upon princes,
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness,
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them:
24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,
25They grope in the dark without light,