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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Doubtless you are the only people who matter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"><span class="content">and wisdom will die with you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I have a mind as well as you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="content">I am not inferior to you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="content">Who does not know all these things?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have become a laughingstock to my friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="content">though I called on God and he answered&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="content">a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"><span class="content">as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The tents of marauders are undisturbed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="content">and those who provoke God are secure&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="content">those God has in his hand.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">those whose god is in their own hand</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;But ask the animals, and they will teach you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"><span class="content">or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"><span class="content">or let the fish in the sea inform you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Which of all these does not know</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"><span class="content">that the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In his hand is the life of every creature</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"><span class="content">and the breath of all mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Does not the ear test words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"><span class="content">as the tongue tastes food?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Is not wisdom found among the aged?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"><span class="content">Does not long life bring understanding?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;To God belong wisdom and power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"><span class="content">counsel and understanding are his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"><span class="content">those he imprisons cannot be released.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If he holds back the waters, there is drought;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"><span class="content">if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To him belong strength and insight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"><span class="content">both deceived and deceiver are his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He leads rulers away stripped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"><span class="content">and makes fools of judges.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He takes off the shackles put on by kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"><span class="content">and ties a loincloth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">shackles of kings / and ties a belt</span></span></span><span class="content"> around their waist.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He leads priests away stripped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"><span class="content">and overthrows officials long established.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He silences the lips of trusted advisers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"><span class="content">and takes away the discernment of elders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He pours contempt on nobles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"><span class="content">and disarms the mighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He reveals the deep things of darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"><span class="content">and brings utter darkness into the light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He makes nations great, and destroys them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"><span class="content">he enlarges nations, and disperses them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"><span class="content">he makes them wander in a trackless waste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They grope in darkness with no light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.12.25"><span class="content">he makes them stagger like drunkards.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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