Job 12
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Chapter 12
Job replies to Zophar #12:1 In chapters 12 to 14, Job speaks, first to Zophar and then to God. The things that Zophar has said do not help Job. Job knows everything that Zophar has told him. The wrong things that he has done have not caused his troubles. He knows that. Then Job speaks to God. He asks God to stop making him afraid. He asks God to stop all the bad things that are happening.
1Then Job replied. This is what he said:
2‘You people think that you know everything.
You think that there will be no wisdom after you die.
3But I understand things as well as you.
You are no better than I am.
Everyone knows the things that you have been saying.
4I am a person who prayed to God and he answered me.
But my friends now laugh at me.
I have always lived completely in the right way.
But still my friends laugh at me.
5Some people never have any troubles.
They think that people who suffer are fools.
If people are in trouble,
they knock them down!
6But robbers seem to live in peace.
They cause God to be angry
but they think that they are safe.
They trust their own strength as their god.
7Ask the animals and they will teach you.
The birds in the sky would tell you the truth.
8Speak to the earth and it will teach you.
The fish in the sea would tell you what is right.
9Any of them could tell you that the Lord has done this.
10He has authority over the life of all the animals.
He gives breath to all people so that they can live.
11We use our mouths to taste food.
And we use our ears to test what we hear.
12Old people are often wise.
People who have lived for a long time understand things better.
13God is wise and he is also powerful.
He understands things and he gives good advice.
14If God destroys something,
nobody can repair it.
If God puts someone in prison,
that person cannot escape.
15If God stops the rain, the land becomes dry.
If he sends lots of rain, there are floods.
16God has strength and wisdom.
He has power over people who tell lies,
and the people that they deceive.
17He causes clever people to become ashamed.
He causes leaders to do foolish things.
18He takes authority away from kings.
He dresses them like slaves.
19He causes priests to become ashamed.
He removes the power of important people.
20He stops faithful men from giving advice.
He removes the wisdom of old men.
21He causes rulers to be ashamed.
He destroys the power of strong men.
22He shows people things that have been secrets.
He shines light into dark places.
23He can make nations become great.
He can also destroy them.
He can make their land become bigger.
He can also send their people away to other places.
24He stops the world's leaders from understanding things properly.
He sends them to travel through empty deserts.
25They try to walk in the dark, without any light.
He causes them to walk like drunk men.
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