Job 12
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Job's Reply
1And Job answered and said,
2No doubt but ye are the people,
And wisdom shall die with you.
3But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you:
Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour,
Who calleth upon God, and he answereth him:
The just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5He that is ready to slip with his feet
Is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper,
And they that provoke God are secure;
Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:
And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9Who knoweth not in all these
That the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind.
11Doth not the ear try words?
And the mouth taste his meat?
12With the ancient is wisdom;
And in length of days understanding.
13With him is wisdom and strength,
He hath counsel and understanding.
14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again:
He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up:
Also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16With him is strength and wisdom:
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled,
And maketh the judges fools.
18He looseth the bond of kings,
And girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19He leadeth princes away spoiled,
And overthroweth the mighty.
20He removeth away the speech of the trusty,
And taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21He poureth contempt upon princes,
And weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness,
And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them:
He enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,
And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25They grope in the dark without light,
And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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1 THEN JOB answered,
2 No doubt you are the [only wise] people [in the world], and wisdom will die with you!
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these [of God's wisdom and might]?
4 I am become one who is a laughingstock to his friend; I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him–a just, upright (blameless) man–laughed to scorn!
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune–but it is ready for those whose feet slip.
6 The dwellings of robbers prosper; those who provoke God are [apparently] secure; God supplies them abundantly [who have no god but their own hands and power].
7 For ask now the animals, and they will teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character]; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
8 Or speak to the earth [with its other forms of life], and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare [this truth] to you.
9 Who [is so blind as] not to recognize in all these [that good and evil are promiscuously scattered throughout nature and human life] that it is God's hand which does it [and God's way]?
10 In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
11 Is it not the task of the ear to discriminate between [wise and unwise] words, just as the mouth distinguishes [between desirable and undesirable] food?
12 With the aged [you say] is wisdom, and with length of days comes understanding.
13 But [only] with [God] are [perfect] wisdom and might; He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be built again; He shuts a man in, and none can open.
15 He withholds the waters, and the land dries up; again, He sends forth [rains], and they overwhelm the land or transform it.
16 With Him are might and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His [and in His power].
17 He leads [great and scheming] counselors away stripped and barefoot and makes the judges fools [in human estimation, by overthrowing their plans].
18 He looses the fetters [ordered] by kings and has [the] waistcloth [of a slave] bound about their [own] loins.
19 He leads away priests as spoil, and men firmly seated He overturns.
20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.
21 He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them, bringing low the pride of the learned].
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness and brings into light black gloom and the shadow of death.
23 He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations [and then straitens and shrinks them again], and leads them [away captive].
24 He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the land and of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger and wander like a drunken man.
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