Job 12
1And Job answered and said, 2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 12:3 Job 12.3 understanding: Heb. an heart
Job 12:3 Job 12.3 I am…: Heb. I fall not lower than you
Job 12:3 Job 12.3 who…: Heb. with whom are not such as these?
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Job 12:10 Job 12.10 soul: or, life
Job 12:10 Job 12.10 all…: Heb. all flesh of man
Job 12:11 Job 12.11 mouth: Heb. palate
12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. 21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. 24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job 12:13 Job 12.13 With…: that is, With God
Job 12:14 Job 12.14 up: Heb. upon
Job 12:20 Job 12.20 speech…: Heb. lip of the faithful
Job 12:21 Job 12.21 weakeneth…: or, looseth the girdle of the strong
Job 12:23 Job 12.23 straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in
Job 12:25 Job 12.25 stagger: Heb. wander
King James Version
The King James Version or Authorized Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769, with Apocrypha/Deuterocanon
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