Job, Chapter 12:
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Verses from Job, Chapter 12 of the book of Job in the Bible.
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- 1. Then Job replied:
- 2. “Surely you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
- 3. But I also have understanding, I am not inferior to you. Who doesn't know these things?
- 4. “I have become a target of ridicule for my friends, one who calls on God and receives an answer. The fair and righteous becomes a laughing stock!
- 5. He who is calm despises misfortune, for it is destined for wobbly feet.
- 6. The tents of thieves prosper, and those who anger God are safe, those who carry gods in their hands.
- 7. “Ask the animals, and they will teach you; to the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
- 8. Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you; the fish of the sea will speak to you.
- 9. Who among them all does not know that the hand of the Lord did this?
- 10. In his hands is the life of all living beings and the breath of all humans.
- 11. Doesn't the ear distinguish words like taste distinguishes food?
- 12. Is wisdom with the elderly? Does understanding come with age?
- 13. “With God is wisdom and power; to him belong counsel and understanding.
- 14. What he destroys cannot be rebuilt; whoever he imprisons cannot be freed.
- 15. If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he releases them, they devastate the land.
- 16. To him belong power and wisdom; both the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- 17. He takes counselors stripped and makes judges fools.
- 18. He loosens the straps of kings and binds them with ropes.
- 19. He strips the priests and overthrows the powerful.
- 20. He frustrates trusted counselors and deprives elders of understanding.
- 21. He pours contempt on the noble and weakens the strength of the powerful.
- 22. He reveals deep things and brings darkness to light.
- 23. He exalts the nations and destroys them; expands nations and disperses them.
- 24. He takes away the understanding of the leaders of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless desert.
- 25. They grope in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunks.
