Job Chapter 12 (NKJV)
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1. Then Job answered and said | |
2. No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you! | |
3. But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these? | |
4. I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed. | |
5. A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip. | |
6. The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure-- In what God provides by His hand. | |
7. But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; | |
8. Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you. | |
9. Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this, | |
10. In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? | |
11. Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food? | |
12. Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding. | |
13. With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. | |
14. If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release. | |
15. If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth. | |
16. With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His. | |
17. He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges. | |
18. He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt. | |
19. He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty. | |
20. He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders. | |
21. He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty. | |
22. He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light. | |
23. He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them. | |
24. He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. | |
25. They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. |
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