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.
1Na Hiob buaeɛ kaa sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Akyinnyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ mo ne nkurɔfoɔ no, na nyansa ne mo bɛwu.Under pastoral review
3Nanso mewɔ nteaseɛ sɛ mo ara; menyɛ ketewa nsene mo: aane, hwan na ɔnnim nneɛma a ɛte sɛ yeinom?Under pastoral review
4Meyɛ sɛ deɛ ne yɔnko di ne fɛw, deɛ ɔfrɛ Onyankopɔn, na ɔgye no so: wɔsere ɔteneneeni a ɔtene no di ne ho fɛw.Under pastoral review
5Deɛ ne nan reworɔ no yɛ sɛ kanea a wɔbu no animtiaa wɔ deɛ ɔwɔ ahomegyeɛ mu no adwene mu.Under pastoral review
6Akorɔmfoɔ ntomadan yɛ yie, na wɔn a wɔhyɛ Onyankopɔn abufuo no wɔ banbɔ mu; wɔn a Onyankopɔn de bebree hyɛ wɔn nsa.Under pastoral review
7Nanso bisa mmoa seesei, na wɔbɛkyerɛkyerɛ wo; ne ewiem nnomaa, na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo:Under pastoral review
8Anaasɛ kasa kyerɛ asase, na ɛbɛkyerɛkyerɛ wo: na ɛpo mu mpataa bɛka akyerɛ wo.Under pastoral review
9Hwan na ɔnnim wɔ yeinom nyinaa mu sɛ AWURADE nsa na ayɛ yei?Under pastoral review
10Deɛ abɔdeɛ biara a ɛwɔ nkwa kra wɔ ne nsam, ne adasamma nyinaa ahome.Under pastoral review
11Aso nsɔ nsɛm nhwɛ anaa? na ano nka aduane nhwɛ anaa?Under pastoral review
12Nyansa wɔ mpanyimfoɔ nkyɛn; na nteaseɛ wɔ nna tenten mu.Under pastoral review
13Nyansa ne ahoɔden wɔ ne nkyɛn, ɔwɔ afotuo ne nteaseɛ.Under pastoral review
14Hwɛ, ɔbubu, na wɔrentumi nsi bio: ɔto onipa mu, na wɔrentumi mmue.Under pastoral review
15Hwɛ, ɔsɔ nsuo ano, na ɛweɛ: ɔsoma wɔn nso, na wɔdane asase butu.Under pastoral review
16Ahoɔden ne nyansa wɔ ne nkyɛn: deɛ wɔadaadaa no ne ɔdaadaafoɔ yɛ ne dea.Under pastoral review
17Ɔde afotufoɔ kɔ a wɔafom wɔn, na ɔma atemmufoɔ yɛ nkwaseafoɔ.Under pastoral review
18Ɔsane ahene nkyehoma, na ɔde abɔsoɔ bɔ wɔn asene mu.Under pastoral review
19Ɔde mmapɔmma kɔ a wɔafom wɔn, na ɔtu ahoɔdenfoɔ gu.Under pastoral review
20Ɔyi anokwafoɔ kasa firi hɔ, na ɔgye mpanyimfoɔ nteaseɛ.Under pastoral review
21Ɔhwie animtiaabuo gu mmapɔmma so, na ɔma ahoɔdenfoɔ ahoɔden yɛ mmerɛ.Under pastoral review
22Ɔyi nneɛma a emu dɔ firi esum mu, na ɔde owuo sunsuma ba hann mu.Under pastoral review
23Ɔma aman dɔɔso, na ɔsɛe wɔn: ɔtrɛ aman mu, na ɔsane ka wɔn hyɛ.Under pastoral review
24Ɔgye asase so nkurɔfoɔ mpanimfoɔ akoma, na ɔma wɔkyinkyini ɛserɛ so baabi a ɛkwan nni hɔ.Under pastoral review
25Wɔkeka wɔ esum mu a hann nni hɔ, na ɔma wɔtɔ ntintan sɛ ɔsabofoɔ.Under pastoral review