Iyov (Job) 12
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1Iyov responded:
2“No doubt you are [the only] people [that matter];
and when you die, so will wisdom.
3But I too have a brain, as much as you,
In no way am I inferior to you.
Besides, who doesn’t know things like these?
4“Anyone who calls on God,
and he answers him,
becomes a laughingstock to his friends —
they make fun of an innocent, blameless man.
5Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,
for the blow that strikes somebody already staggering.
6The tents of robbers prosper,
[the homes of] those who anger God are secure,
those who carry their gods in their hands.
7“But ask the animals — they will teach you —
and the birds in the air — they will tell you;
8or speak to the earth — it will teach you —
and the fish in the sea will inform you:
9every one of them knows
that the hand of Adonai has done this!
10In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the spirit of every human being.
11Shouldn’t the ear test words,
just as the palate tastes food?
12Is wisdom [only] with aged men?
discernment [only] with long life?
13“With God are wisdom and power;
he has [good] counsel and understanding.
14When he breaks something down, it can’t be rebuilt;
when he imprisons someone, he can’t be released.
15When he holds back water, there is drought;
when he sends it out, it overruns the land.
16With him are strength and common sense;
both the misled and those who mislead are his.
17He leads counselors away captive,
he makes fools of judges.
18He removes authority from kings,
then binds them up [as prisoners].
19He leads cohanim away captive
and overthrows those long in power.
20Those who are trusted he deprives of speech,
and he removes the discernment of the aged.
21He pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
22He discloses the deepest recesses of darkness
and brings light into shadows dark as death.
23He makes nations great and destroys them;
he enlarges nations, then leads them away.
24He removes understanding from a country’s leaders
and makes them wander in trackless deserts.
25They grope in unlit darkness;
he makes them stagger like drunks.
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