Job 12

Job Replies

1And Job answered:

2“No doubt but you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you!

3But I have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Yes, who does not know such things as these?

4“I am a laughingstock to my neighbor,

who calls upon God, and He answers him;

the righteous, upright man is a laughingstock. # Job 17:6; 21:3

5He whose foot is unsteady

is despised in the thoughts of him who is at ease.

6The tents of robbers are at peace,

and those who provoke God are secure,

into whose hand they bring their own god. # Job 9:24

7“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;

and the birds of the air, and let them tell you;

8or speak to the earth, let it teach you;

and let the fish of the sea declare to you.

9Who among all these does not know

that the hand of the Lord has done this, # Isa 41:20

10in whose hand is the soul of every living thing

and the breath of all mankind? # Job 27:3; Ac 17:28

11Does not the ear test words

and the mouth taste its food? # Job 34:3

12Wisdom is with the elderly,

and understanding comes with long life. # Job 15:10; 32:7

13“With Him are wisdom and strength; # Job 9:4; 36:5

He has counsel and understanding.

14Surely, He tears down, and it cannot be built again;

He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. # Job 11:10; Isa 22:22

15Surely, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; # 1Ki 17:1

also He sends them out, and they overthrow the earth.

16With Him are strength and wisdom.

The deceived and the deceiver are His.

17He leads counselors away stripped

and makes fools of judges.

18He has loosened the bonds imposed by kings

and bound their waist with a belt. # Ps 116:16

19He leads away priests stripped

and overthrows the mighty.

20He removes speech from the trusted ones

and takes away the understanding of the aged. # Job 17:4; 32:9

21He pours contempt upon princes # Ps 107:40

and loosens the belt of the mighty.

22He uncovers deep things out of darkness

and brings the shadow of death to light. # Da 2:22; 1Co 4:5

23He increases the nations # Isa 9:3; 26:15 and destroys them;

He enlarges the nations and guides them.

24He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,

and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. # Ps 107:40

25They grope in the dark without light, # Job 5:14

and He makes them to stagger like a drunk man. # Ps 107:27

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Job 12

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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