Job 12
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Then Job answered and said: |
| 2 | No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. |
| 3 | But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? |
| 4 | I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, A man that called upon God, And He answered him; The just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock, |
| 5 | A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, A thing ready for them whose foot slippeth. |
| 6 | The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure, In whatsoever God bringeth into their hand. |
| 7 | But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee; |
| 8 | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee; |
| 9 | Who knoweth not among all these, That the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? |
| 10 | In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.— |
| 11 | Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food? |
| 12 | Is wisdom with aged men, And understanding in length of days?— |
| 13 | With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. |
| 14 | Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. |
| 15 | Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. |
| 16 | With Him is strength and sound wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are His. |
| 17 | He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh He fools. |
| 18 | He looseth the bond of kings, And bindeth their loins with a girdle. |
| 19 | He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. |
| 20 | He removeth the speech of men of trust, And taketh away the sense of the elders. |
| 21 | He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. |
| 22 | He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. |
| 23 | He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away. |
| 24 | He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. |
| 25 | They grope in the dark without light, And He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. |