Thematic Bible

Job 12:1

And Job answered and said,
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Job 12:2

For truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

Job 12:3

But I have understanding as well as you; I do not fall short of you; yes, who does not know such things as these?

Job 12:4

I am a laughing-stock to his friends; who calls on God, and He answers him; the just, the upright one is a mockery;

Job 12:5

a flaming brand despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure; it is ready for those with slipping feet.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, in whatever God brings to their hand.

Job 12:7

But now ask the animals, and they shall teach you; and the birds of the air, and they shall tell you;

Job 12:8

or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; and the fish of the sea shall declare it to you;

Job 12:9

who of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this?

Job 12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, even of man?

Job 12:11

Does not the ear try words? And does not the mouth taste its food?

Job 12:12

With the aged is wisdom, and understanding in length of days.

Job 12:13

With Him is wisdom and strength; He has wisdom and understanding.

Job 12:14

Behold, He breaks down, and it can not be built up again; He shuts up a man, and no one opens.

Job 12:15

Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

Job 12:16

With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.

Job 12:17

He leads wise men away stripped, and makes the judges fools.

Job 12:18

He cuts away the bonds of kings, and binds their loins with a girdle.

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.

Job 12:20

He removes the speech of the men of trust, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

Job 12:21

He pours scorn on princes, and unties the belt of the mighty.

Job 12:22

He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the shadow of death to light.

Job 12:23

He gives greatness to the nations, and destroys them. He spreads out the nations, and leads them away.

Job 12:24

He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.

Job 12:25

They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger like a drunkard.