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Chapter
12
- 12:1
- And Job answered and said,
- 12:2
- No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with
you.
- 12:3
- But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior
to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
- 12:4
- I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God,
and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- 12:5
- He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised
in the thought of him that is at ease.
- 12:6
- The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke
God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- 12:7
- But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the
fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
- 12:8
- Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
- 12:9
- Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath
wrought this?
- 12:10
- In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the
breath of all mankind.
- 12:11
- Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
- 12:12
- With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
- 12:13
- With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
- 12:14
- Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he
shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
- 12:15
- Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also
he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
- 12:16
- With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver
are his.
- 12:17
- He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges
fools.
- 12:18
- He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with
a girdle.
- 12:19
- He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
- 12:20
- He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away
the understanding of the aged.
- 12:21
- He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength
of the mighty.
- 12:22
- He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth
out to light the shadow of death.
- 12:23
- He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth
the nations, and straiteneth them again.
- 12:24
- 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.
- 12:25
- They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them
to stagger like a drunken man.
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