Job 12
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1Then Job replied:1Then Job spoke again:
2"Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!2“You people really know everything, don’t you? And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
3But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?3Well, I know a few things myself— and you’re no better than I am. Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?
4"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered-- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!4Yet my friends laugh at me, for I call on God and expect an answer. I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me.
5Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.5People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling.
6The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure-- those God has in his hand.6But robbers are left in peace, and those who provoke God live in safety— though God keeps them in his power.
7"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;7“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.8Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?9For they all know that my disaster has come from the hand of the LORD.
10In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.10For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.
11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?11The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
12Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?12Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old.
13"To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.13“But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are his.
14What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.14What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.
15If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.15If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert. If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
16To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.16Yes, strength and wisdom are his; deceivers and deceived are both in his power.
17He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.17He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment; wise judges become fools.
18He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.18He removes the royal robe of kings. They are led away with ropes around their waist.
19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.19He leads priests away, stripped of status; he overthrows those with long years in power.
20He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.20He silences the trusted adviser and removes the insight of the elders.
21He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.21He pours disgrace upon princes and disarms the strong.
22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.22“He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; he brings light to the deepest gloom.
23He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.23He builds up nations, and he destroys them. He expands nations, and he abandons them.
24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.24He strips kings of understanding and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.
25They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.25They grope in the darkness without a light. He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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