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.

Ask, I pray thee, of the former age, and be willing to enquire of thy fathers regarding them;

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

What dost thou know that we do not? What dost thou understand, which is not in us?

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your arguments, while ye searched out what to say.

Gimel The works of the LORD are great, Daleth sought out by all those that have pleasure therein.

yea, if thou criest for understanding and givest thy voice unto intelligence,

Can a man be profitable unto God? For he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

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

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