Job
12:1 And Job answered and said,
12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea,
who knoweth not such things as these?
12:4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he
answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the
thought of him that is at ease.
12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are
secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the
air, and they shall tell thee:
12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the
sea shall declare unto thee.
12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought
this?
12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all
mankind.
12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12:12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a
man, and there can be no opening.
12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them
out, and they overturn the earth.
12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the
understanding of the aged.
12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the
mighty.
12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light
the shadow of death.
12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the
nations, and straiteneth them again.
12:24 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.
12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like
a drunken man.
