Job 12
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| 1 | And Iob answered, and sayd, |
| 2 | No doubt but ye are the people, and wisedome shall die with you. |
| 3 | But I haue vnderstanding as well as you, I am not inferiour to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? |
| 4 | I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he answereth him: the iust vpright man is laughed to scorne. |
| 5 | He that is ready to slippe with his feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. |
| 6 | The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that prouoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. |
| 7 | But aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the foules of the aire, and they shall tell thee. |
| 8 | Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee. |
| 9 | Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? |
| 10 | In whose hand is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde. |
| 11 | Doeth not the eare trie wordes? and the mouth taste his meate? |
| 12 | With the ancient is wisedome, and in length of dayes, vnderstanding. |
| 13 | With him is wisedome & strength, he hath counsell and vnderstanding. |
| 14 | Behold, he breaketh downe, and it cannot be built againe: hee shutteth vp a man, and there can be no opening. |
| 15 | Behold, hee withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: also hee sendeth them out, and they ouerturne the earth. |
| 16 | With him is strength & wisedome: the deceiued, and the deceiuer, are his. |
| 17 | He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the Iudges fooles. |
| 18 | He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loines with a girdle. |
| 19 | He leadeth Princes away spoiled, and ouerthroweth the mightie. |
| 20 | He remooueth away the speech of the trustie, and taketh away the vnderstanding of the aged. |
| 21 | He powreth contempt vpon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mightie. |
| 22 | Hee discouereth deepe things out of darkenesse, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. |
| 23 | He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: hee inlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them againe. |
| 24 | He taketh away the heart of the chiefe of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wildernes where there is no way. |
| 25 | They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. |