1 Then Job answered and said, RV1885 — Job 12:1
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. RV1885 — Job 12:2
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? RV1885 — Job 12:3
4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and he answered him: the just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. RV1885 — Job 12:4
5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for them whose foot slippeth. RV1885 — Job 12:5
6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. RV1885 — Job 12:6
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: RV1885 — Job 12:7
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. RV1885 — Job 12:8
9 Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Lord hath wrought this? RV1885 — Job 12:9
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. RV1885 — Job 12:10
11 Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its meat? RV1885 — Job 12:11
12 With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding. RV1885 — Job 12:12
13 With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding. RV1885 — Job 12:13
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. RV1885 — Job 12:14
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. RV1885 — Job 12:15
16 With him is strength and effectual working; the deceived and the deceiver are his. RV1885 — Job 12:16
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools. RV1885 — Job 12:17
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle. RV1885 — Job 12:18
19 He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. RV1885 — Job 12:19
20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the elders. RV1885 — Job 12:20
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong. RV1885 — Job 12:21
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. RV1885 — Job 12:22
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth the nations abroad, and bringeth them in. RV1885 — Job 12:23
24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. RV1885 — Job 12:24
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. RV1885 — Job 12:25