Job 12:1
Then Job answered and said,
Job 12:2
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 12:3
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?
Job 12:4
I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
Job 12:5
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for calamity. It is ready for those whose foot slips.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings abundantly.
Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee.
Job 12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
Job 12:9
Who does not know in all these, that the hand of Jehovah has wrought this,
Job 12:10
in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
Job 12:11
Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
Job 12:12
With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
Job 12:13
With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
Job 12:14
Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again. He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
Job 12:15
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 12:17
He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes judges fools.
Job 12:18
He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.
Job 12:19
He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
Job 12:20
He removes the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
Job 12:21
He pours contempt upon rulers, and weakens the strength of the strong.
Job 12:22
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
Job 12:23
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
Job 12:24
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.