| Job 12:1 |
Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 12:2 |
Surely then you are the people, / And wisdom will die with you. |
| Job 12:3 |
I also have understanding as you do; / I am not inferior to you. / And who does not know things like these? |
| Job 12:4 |
I have become a laughingstock to my friends, / I, who have called out to God and He answers me. / The righteous man, the perfect man, is a laughingstock. |
| Job 12:5 |
There is contempt for calamity in the thought of him who is at ease: / It is prepared for those whose foot slips. |
| Job 12:6 |
The tents of robbers prosper, / And those who provoke God have security, / Those who carry [their] god in their [own] might. |
| Job 12:7 |
But ask now of the beasts, and they will teach you; / And of the birds of heaven, and they will tell you. |
| Job 12:8 |
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; / And the fish of the sea will declare to you. |
| Job 12:9 |
Who among all these does not know / That the hand of Jehovah has done this, |
| Job 12:10 |
In whose hand is the life of every living thing / And the breath of all flesh of man? |
| Job 12:11 |
Does not the ear try words / Even as the palate tastes food for itself? |
| Job 12:12 |
In aged men, [you say,] there is wisdom, / And in length of days there is understanding. |
| Job 12:13 |
[But] with Him are wisdom and might; / Counsel and understanding are His. |
| Job 12:14 |
Indeed, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt; / He shuts a man up, and [the door] cannot be opened. |
| Job 12:15 |
Indeed, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; / And He sends them forth, and they overturn the earth. |
| Job 12:16 |
With Him are strength and effectual wisdom; / The deceived and the deceiver are His. |
| Job 12:17 |
He leads counselors away stripped, / And He makes fools of judges. |
| Job 12:18 |
He loosens the fetters of kings / And binds their loins with a belt. |
| Job 12:19 |
He leads priests away stripped, / And He overturns dignitaries. |
| Job 12:20 |
He removes the utterance of the trusty / And takes away the counsel of the elders. |
| Job 12:21 |
He pours contempt upon the princes / And loosens the belt of the strong. |
| Job 12:22 |
He uncovers the depths out of darkness / And brings to light the shadow of death. |
| Job 12:23 |
He makes nations great and destroys them; / He expands nations and leads them off. |
| Job 12:24 |
He removes the understanding of the heads of the people of the earth / And causes them to wander in a pathless waste. |
| Job 12:25 |
They grope in darkness, and there is no light; / And He causes them to stagger like a drunken man. |