Job 5:27

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Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;

Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!

What knowest thou that we know not? what understandest thou which is not in us?

Lo, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasonings, until ye searched out what to say.

Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.

yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;

Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy good?

If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.