| Chapter 12
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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 counsellors 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. |
