Job 12
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1 And Job answered and said,
2 No doubt but ye are the people,
and wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his
neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man
is laughed to scorn.
5 He that is ready to slip with his
feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers
prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall
teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall
teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the
hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of
every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the
mouth taste his meat?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and
in length of days understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and strength,
he hath counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot
be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and
they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom:
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled,
and maketh the judges fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and
girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and
overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth away the speech of the
trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and
weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 He discovereth deep things out of
darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and
destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 He 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.
25 They grope in the dark without light,
and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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