Job - Chapter 12 | New King James Version

  • 1. Then Job answered and said:
  • 2. "No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!
  • 3. But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
  • 4. "I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
  • 5. A lamp {cf2super [13]} is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
  • 6. The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure-- In what God provides by His hand.
  • 7. "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
  • 8. Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
  • 9. Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this,
  • 10. In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
  • 11. Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?
  • 12. Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.
  • 13. "With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.
  • 14. If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
  • 15. If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
  • 16. With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
  • 17. He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges.
  • 18. He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt.
  • 19. He leads princes {cf2super [14]} away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.
  • 20. He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.
  • 21. He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.
  • 22. He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.
  • 23. He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.
  • 24. He takes away the understanding {cf2super [15]} of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
  • 25. They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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