Thematic Bible

Job 12:1

Then Job answered and said:
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Job 12:2

"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

Job 12:3

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

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

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

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.

Job 12:7

"But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;

Job 12:8

or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

Job 12:9

Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

Job 12:10

In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:11

Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

Job 12:12

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

Job 12:13

"With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.

Job 12:14

If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.

Job 12:15

If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.

Job 12:16

With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.

Job 12:18

He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips.

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.

Job 12:20

He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.

Job 12:21

He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.

Job 12:22

He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

Job 12:23

He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.

Job 12:24

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Job 12:25

They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.