1. And Iyoḇ answered and said,
2. “Truly you are the people, and wisdom would die with you!
3. But I, like you, have a heart too; I am not less than you. And who does not know such as these?
4. I have become a laughing-stock to my friends – one who has called on Eloah and He answered him! A laughing-stock is the righteous, the perfect one!
5. A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease – prepared for those whose feet slip.
6. The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke Ěl are complacent, to him who brings Eloah into his hand!
7. But now ask the beasts, and they teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they declare it to you;
8. or speak to the earth, and it teaches you; and the fish of the sea inform you.
9. Who among all these does not know that the hand of יהוה has done this,
10. in whose hand is the life of all that live, and the breath of all mankind?
11. Does the ear not try words? And the mouth taste food for itself?
12. With the aged is wisdom, and understanding with length of days.
13. With Him are wisdom and might, He has counsel and understanding.