| 1. | And Job answereth and saith: -- |
| 2. | Truly -- ye `are' the people, And with you doth wisdom die. |
| 3. | I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these? |
| 4. | A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter `is' the perfect righteous one. |
| 5. | A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet. |
| 6. | At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. |
| 7. | And yet, ask, I pray thee, `One of' the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. |
| 8. | Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: |
| 9. | `Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this? |
| 10. | In whose hand `is' the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.' |
| 11. | Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself? |
| 12. | With the very aged `is' wisdom, And `with' length of days understanding. |
| 13. | With Him `are' wisdom and might, To him `are' counsel and understanding. |
| 14. | Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened. |
| 15. | Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land. |
| 16. | With Him `are' strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver. |
| 17. | Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish. |
| 18. | The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins. |
| 19. | Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth. |
| 20. | Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away. |
| 21. | Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble. |
| 22. | Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. |
| 23. | Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them. |
| 24. | Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way! |
| 25. | They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard. |