Then Job answered,
“No doubt, but you are the people, Isa 5:211Co 4:101Co 6:5Job 11:12Job 11:2Job 11:6Job 15:2Job 17:10
and wisdom will die with you.
But I have understanding as well as you; Job 13:2-52Co 11:21-23Pro 26:42Co 11:5Job 26:2-3Job 6:6-7
I am not inferior to you.
Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, Job 30:1Job 17:6Job 21:3Psa 91:15Jer 33:3Job 16:10Job 17:2Psa 22:7-8
I, who called on God, and he answered.
The just, the blameless man is a joke.
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. Mat 25:8Pro 13:9Psa 17:5Amo 6:1-6Deu 32:35Jer 13:16Job 16:4Job 18:5
It is ready for them whose foot slips.
The tents of robbers prosper. Job 9:24Psa 73:11-12Job 21:7-15Psa 17:14Psa 37:1Psa 37:35Jer 5:27Job 22:18
Those who provoke God are secure,
who carry their god in their hands.
“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; Isa 1:3Jer 8:7Pro 6:6Job 21:29-30
the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you.
The fish of the sea will declare to you.
Who doesn’t know that in all these, Isa 41:20Jer 27:5-6Rom 11:361Sa 2:7Act 19:35Dan 9:17Dan 5:18Deu 8:17-18
the LORD’s hand has done this,
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, Act 17:28Job 33:4Act 17:25Job 27:3Num 16:22Dan 5:23Psa 146:3-4Jhn 3:6
and the breath of all mankind?
Doesn’t the ear try words, Job 34:3Heb 5:141Pe 2:3Job 6:30Php 1:101Co 10:15
even as the palate tastes its food?
With aged men is wisdom, Job 32:7Job 15:10Job 8:8
in length of days understanding.
“With God is wisdom and might. Job 36:5Job 9:4Pro 2:6-7Jas 1:5Job 28:20-28Dan 2:20Eph 1:11Pro 8:14
He has counsel and understanding.
Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. Isa 22:22Rev 3:7Job 11:10Mal 1:41Sa 17:461Sa 26:8Jer 51:58Job 16:11
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. 1Ki 17:1Amo 5:81Ki 8:35-36Gen 6:13Gen 6:17Gen 7:11Jas 5:17-18Jer 14:22
Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
With him is strength and wisdom. 1Ki 22:22-23Ezk 14:9Job 12:13Job 13:9Job 13:7Mat 6:13
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
He leads counselors away stripped. Isa 29:141Co 1:19-202Sa 17:232Sa 15:312Sa 17:14Isa 19:12-14Job 3:14Job 9:24
He makes judges fools.
He loosens the bond of kings. Dan 2:21Psa 116:162Ch 33:11-14Jer 52:31-34Rev 19:16
He binds their waist with a belt.
He leads priests away stripped, Isa 37:36-38Isa 45:11Sa 17:45-46Job 24:22Job 34:28Job 35:9Jos 10:24Jos 10:42
and overthrows the mighty.
He removes the speech of those who are trusted, Job 32:9Job 17:4Job 12:24Isa 3:1-3Job 39:17Pro 10:21Pro 12:19Pro 12:22
and takes away the understanding of the elders.
He pours contempt on princes, Psa 107:401Ki 21:23-242Ki 9:262Ki 9:34-37Act 12:23Dan 2:21-22Dan 4:32-33Eph 6:10
and loosens the belt of the strong.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, Dan 2:221Co 4:51Co 2:10Job 3:5Luk 1:79Amo 5:8Mat 10:26Job 28:20-23
and brings out to light the shadow of death.
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. Isa 9:3Isa 26:15Isa 60:22Psa 107:38Exo 1:20Exo 1:7Isa 27:6Isa 51:2
He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, Psa 107:40Job 12:20Hos 7:11Dan 4:16Dan 4:33Isa 19:1Isa 6:9-10Job 17:4
and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
They grope in the dark without light. Job 5:14Psa 107:27Isa 24:20Isa 19:141Jn 2:11Deu 28:29Gen 19:11Isa 59:10
He makes them stagger like a drunken man.