Job 12
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- 1And Job answered and said,
- 2"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
- 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
- 4I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who called upon God, and he answered him — the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- 5A person who is about to stumble is like a lamp that is scorned in the mind of someone who is at ease.
- 6The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure — into whose hand God brings abundantly.
- 7But ask now the animals, and they will teach you; and the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
- 8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
- 9Who does not know in all these that the hand of the LORD has done this?
- 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
- 11Does not the ear test words, and the mouth taste his food?
- 12With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
- 13With him is wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.
- 14Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again; he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
- 15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
- 16With him is strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- 17He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools.
- 18He loosens the bonds of kings and ties a belt around their waists.
- 19He leads princes away plundered, and overthrows the mighty.
- 20He removes the speech of the trusted, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
- 21He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.
- 22He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
- 23He increases the nations, and destroys them; he enlarges the nations, and then reduces them again.
- 24He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- 25They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man."