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