Job 12

1 And Job answered and said,DBY — Job 12:1

2 Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!DBY — Job 12:2

3 I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?DBY — Job 12:3

4 I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].DBY — Job 12:4

5 He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.DBY — Job 12:5

6 The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth.DBY — Job 12:6

7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;DBY — Job 12:7

8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.DBY — Job 12:8

9 Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?DBY — Job 12:9

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.DBY — Job 12:10

11 Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?DBY — Job 12:11

12 With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.DBY — Job 12:12

13 With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.DBY — Job 12:13

14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.DBY — Job 12:14

15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.DBY — Job 12:15

16 With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.DBY — Job 12:16

17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;DBY — Job 12:17

18 He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;DBY — Job 12:18

19 He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;DBY — Job 12:19

20 He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;DBY — Job 12:20

21 He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;DBY — Job 12:21

22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;DBY — Job 12:22

23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;DBY — Job 12:23

24 He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.DBY — Job 12:24

25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.DBY — Job 12:25