Job 12

1 Then Job answered and said,ERV — Job 12:1

2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.ERV — 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?ERV — 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.ERV — 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.ERV — Job 12:5

6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.ERV — 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:ERV — Job 12:7

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

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

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.ERV — Job 12:10

11 Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its meat?ERV — Job 12:11

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

13 With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.ERV — 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.ERV — Job 12:14

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

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

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

18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.ERV — Job 12:18

19 He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.ERV — Job 12:19

20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the elders.ERV — Job 12:20

21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.ERV — Job 12:21

22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.ERV — Job 12:22

23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth the nations abroad, and bringeth them in.ERV — 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.ERV — Job 12:24

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