1. Job replied,
2. "You people think you know everything, don't you? You are sure that wisdom will die with you!
3. But I have a brain, just like you. I'm as clever as you are. In fact, everyone knows as much as you do.
4. "My friends laugh at me all the time, even though I called out to God and he answered. My friends laugh at me, even though I'm honest and right.
5. People who have an easy life look down on those who have problems. They think trouble comes only to those whose feet are slipping.
6. Why doesn't anyone bother the tents of robbers? Why do those who make God angry remain secure? They carry the statues of their gods in their hands!
7. "But ask the animals what God does. They will teach you. Or ask the birds of the air. They will tell you.
8. Or speak to the earth. It will teach you. Or let the fish of the ocean educate you.
9. Are there any of those creatures that don't know what the powerful hand of the Lord has done?
10. He holds the life of every creature in his hand. He controls the breath of every human being.