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Job
Chides His Accusers |
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| Job 12:1 |
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Then Job responded, |
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| Job 12:2 |
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"Truly then you are the people, And with you
wisdom will die! |
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| Job 12:3 |
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"But I have intelligence as well as you; I am
not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these? |
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| Job 12:4 |
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"I am a joke to my friends, The one who called
on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke. |
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| Job 12:5 |
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"He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip. |
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| Job 12:6 |
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"The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those
who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power. |
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| Job 12:7 |
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"But now ask the beasts, and let them teach
you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. |
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| Job 12:8 |
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"Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you;
And let the fish of the sea declare to you. |
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| Job 12:9 |
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"Who among all these does not know That the
hand of the LORD has done this, |
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| Job 12:10 |
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In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind? |
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| Job 12:11 |
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"Does not the ear test words, As the palate
tastes its food? |
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| Job 12:12 |
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"Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is
understanding. |
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Job Speaks of the Power of God |
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| Job 12:13 |
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"With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong
counsel and understanding. |
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| Job 12:14 |
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"Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. |
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| Job 12:15 |
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"Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry
up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth. |
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| Job 12:16 |
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"With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The
misled and the misleader belong to Him. |
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| Job 12:17 |
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"He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes
fools of judges. |
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| Job 12:18 |
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He loosens the bond of kings And binds their
loins with a girdle. |
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| Job 12:19 |
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"He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows
the secure ones. |
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| Job 12:20 |
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"He deprives the trusted ones of speech And
takes away the discernment of the elders. |
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| Job 12:21 |
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"He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the
belt of the strong. |
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| Job 12:22 |
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"He reveals mysteries from the darkness And
brings the deep darkness into light. |
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| Job 12:23 |
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"He makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. |
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| Job 12:24 |
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"He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the
earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste. |
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| Job 12:25 |
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"They grope in darkness with no light, And He
makes them stagger like a drunken man. |
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