Job 12
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.
