Job Chapter 12 (KJV)
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1. And 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 mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. | |
5. He that is ready to slip 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 provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. | |
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 in 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? and the mouth taste his meat? | |
12. With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. | |
13. With him is wisdom and strength, 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 wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. | |
17. He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. | |
18. He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. | |
19. He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. | |
20. He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. | |
21. He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. | |
22. He discovereth 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 straiteneth them again. | |
24. He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, 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. |
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