| 12 | Job | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Then Job answered: | Job. Jb.12.1-14.22 | ||
| "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. | |||
| But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? | |||
| I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock. | |||
| In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip. | |||
| The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand. | |||
| "But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; | |||
| or the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. | |||
| Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? | |||
| In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. | |||
| Does not the ear try words as the palate tastes food? | |||
| Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. | |||
| "With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding. | |||
| If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open. | |||
| If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land. | |||
| With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his. | |||
| He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools. | |||
| He looses the bonds of kings, and binds a waistcloth on their loins. | |||
| He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty. | |||
| He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders. | |||
| He pours contempt on princes, and looses the belt of the strong. | |||
| He uncovers the deeps out of darkness, and brings deep darkness to light. | |||
| He makes nations great, and he destroys them: he enlarges nations, and leads them away. | |||
| He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste. | |||
| They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man. | |||
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