Job 12:1
And Job answered and said,
Job 12:2
No doubt but you 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 knows not such things as these?
Job 12:4
I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls on God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Job 12:5
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:
Job 12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you.
Job 12:9
Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has worked 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? and the mouth taste his meat?
Job 12:12
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job 12:13
With him is wisdom and strength, 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: also 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 counsellors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools.
Job 12:18
He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle.
Job 12:19
He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty.
Job 12:20
He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
Job 12:21
He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.
Job 12:22
He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
Job 12:23
He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again.
Job 12:24
He takes away the heart of the chief 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.