The Book of Job 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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain