2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! | TOSK |
3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? | TOSK |
4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock. | TOSK |
5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. | TOSK |
6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands. | TOSK |
7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. | TOSK |
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. | TOSK |
9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? | TOSK |
10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind. | IP | TOSK |
11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food? | TOSK |
12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life. | TOSK |
13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His. | TOSK |
14 What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released. | TOSK |
15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. | TOSK |
16 True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His. | TOSK |
17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges. | TOSK |
18 He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists. | TOSK |
19 He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established. | TOSK |
20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. | TOSK |
21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty. | IP | TOSK |
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light. | TOSK |
23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them. | TOSK |
24 He deprives the earth's leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. | IP | TOSK |
25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards. | TOSK |