Holy Scripture
Job 12:4
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“"Did I lose my common sense, by any chance," Job says, "because I fell into misery?" Here he presents himself as a righteous man, not by testifying to his perfect virtue but to the fact that he did not do anything wrong to anyone and that nobody can blame him. "And that my houses should be spoiled by transgressors," i…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery.
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2So then ye alone are men, And wisdom shall die with you?
3But I also have a heart as well as you.
— Job 12:4 —
5For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, And that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: Let not however anyone trust that, being evil, he shall be held guiltless,
6Even as many as provoke the Lord, As if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them.