Job 12 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 12

Then Job

answered:

“Truly

then

you

are the people,

and wisdom

will die

with you!

But I also

have a mind;

I

am not

inferior

to you.

Who

does not know

such things

as these?

I am

a laughingstock

to my friends,

though I called

on God,

and He answered.

The righteous

and upright man

is a laughingstock.

The one at ease

despises

misfortune

as the fate

of those whose feet

are slipping.

The tents

of robbers

are safe,

and those who provoke

God

are secure—

those who carry

their god

in their hands.

But

ask

the animals,

and they will instruct you;

ask the birds

of the air,

and they will tell

you.

Or

speak

to the earth,

and it will teach you;

let the fish

of the sea

inform

you.

Which

of all

these

does not

know

that

the hand

of the LORD

has done

this?

The life

of every

living thing

is in His hand,

as well as the breath

of all

mankind.

Does not

the ear

test

words

as the tongue

tastes

its

food?

Wisdom

is found with the elderly,

and understanding

comes with long

life.

Wisdom

and strength

belong to God;

counsel

and understanding are His.

What

He tears down

cannot

be rebuilt;

the man

He imprisons

cannot

be released.

If

He holds back

the waters,

they dry up,

and if He releases them,

they overwhelm

the land.

True wisdom

and power

belong to Him.

The deceived

and the deceiver are His.

He leads counselors

away

barefoot

and makes fools

of judges.

He loosens

the bonds

placed by kings

and fastens

a belt

around their waists.

He leads priests

away

barefoot

and overthrows

the established.

He deprives

the trusted

of speech

and takes away

the discernment

of elders.

He pours out

contempt

on

nobles

and disarms

the mighty.

He reveals

the deep things

of

darkness

and brings

deep shadows

into light.

He makes nations

great,

and destroys them;

He enlarges

nations,

and sends them away.

He deprives

the earth's

leaders

of reason,

and makes them wander

a trackless

wasteland.

They grope

in darkness

with no

light;

He makes them stagger

like drunkards.

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