Job 12 — JPSTN
12Verse 1Then Job answered and said:Verse 2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.Verse 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?Verse 4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,Verse 5A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.Verse 6The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.Verse 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;Verse 8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;Verse 9Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?Verse 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. —Verse 11Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?Verse 12Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —Verse 13With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.Verse 14Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.Verse 15Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.Verse 16With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.Verse 17He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.Verse 18He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.Verse 19He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.Verse 20He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.Verse 21He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.Verse 22He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.Verse 23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.Verse 24He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.Verse 25They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.