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