Thematic Bible
Job 12:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered and said:
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Job 12:2 (show verse)
"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Job 12:3 (show verse)
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
Job 12:4 (show verse)
I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
Job 12:5 (show verse)
In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
Job 12:6 (show verse)
The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
Job 12:7 (show verse)
"But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
Job 12:8 (show verse)
or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
Job 12:9 (show verse)
Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
Job 12:10 (show verse)
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:11 (show verse)
Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
Job 12:12 (show verse)
Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
Job 12:13 (show verse)
"With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
Job 12:14 (show verse)
If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
Job 12:15 (show verse)
If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
Job 12:16 (show verse)
With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 12:17 (show verse)
He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
Job 12:18 (show verse)
He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
Job 12:19 (show verse)
He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.
Job 12:20 (show verse)
He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.
Job 12:21 (show verse)
He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.
Job 12:22 (show verse)
He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.
Job 12:23 (show verse)
He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
Job 12:24 (show verse)
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
Job 12:25 (show verse)
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.