1 respondens autem Iob dixit
2 ergo vos estis soli homines
et vobiscum morietur sapientia
3 et mihi est cor sicut et vobis nec inferior vestri sum
quis enim haec quae nostis ignorat
4 qui deridetur ab amico suo sicut ego
invocabit Deum et exaudiet eum
deridetur enim iusti simplicitas
5 lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum
parata ad tempus statutum
6 abundant tabernacula praedonum et audacter provocant Deum
cum ipse dederit omnia in manibus eorum
7 nimirum interroga iumenta et docebunt te
et volatilia caeli et indicabunt tibi
8 loquere terrae et respondebit tibi et narrabunt pisces maris
9 quis ignorat quod omnia haec manus Domini fecerit
10 in cuius manu anima omnis viventis
et spiritus universae carnis hominis
11 nonne auris verba diiudicat et fauces comedentis saporem
12 in antiquis est sapientia et in multo tempore prudentia
13 apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo
ipse habet consilium et intellegentiam
14 si destruxerit nemo est qui aedificet
et si incluserit hominem nullus est qui aperiat
15 si continuerit aquas omnia siccabuntur
et si emiserit eas subvertent terram
16 apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia
ipse novit et decipientem et eum qui decipitur
17 adducit consiliarios in stultum finem
et iudices in stuporem
18 balteum regum dissolvit et praecingit fune renes eorum
19 ducit sacerdotes inglorios
et optimates subplantat
20 commutans labium veracium et doctrinam senum auferens
21 effundit despectionem super principes
et eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans
22 qui revelat profunda de tenebris
et producit in lucem umbram mortis
23 qui multiplicat gentes et perdet eas
et subversas in integrum restituet
24 qui inmutat cor principum populi terrae
et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium
25 palpabunt quasi in tenebris et non in luce
et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios
1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly . 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. 19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again . 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man .