Jubilee2000 - Job - 12

12:1  And Job answered and said,

12:2  No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

12:3  But I have a heart as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you; and who shall not be able to say as much again?

12:4  He who invokes God and he answers him is mocked by his friend; the just and perfect [man is] laughed to scorn.

12:5  The torch is held in low esteem in the thought of him that is prosperous, which was prepared to guard against a slip of the feet.

12:6  The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.

12:7  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the heavens, and they shall show thee;

12:8  or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; the fishes of the sea shall declare [it] unto thee [also].

12:9  What thing of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD made them?

12:10  In his hand [is] the soul of every living thing and the spirit of all flesh of man.

12:11  Certainly the ear proves words and the mouth tastes foods.

12:12  With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days intelligence.

12:13  With him [is] wisdom and strength; he has counsel and intelligence.

12:14  Behold, he shall break down, and it shall not be built again; he shall shut up a man, and no one shall be able to open unto him.

12:15  Behold, he shall withhold the waters, and they shall dry up; also he shall send them forth, and they shall destroy the earth.

12:16  With him [is] strength and existence; he who errs and he who leads astray [are] his.

12:17  He causes the counsellors to walk away stripped of counsel and makes the judges to be fools.

12:18  He looses the bond of kings and girds their loins with a girdle.

12:19  He leads priests away spoiled and overthrows the mighty.

12:20  He impedes the lips of those that speak the truth and takes away the counsel of the aged.

12:21  He pours contempt upon princes and weakens the strength of the mighty.

12:22  He uncovers the depths of the darkness and brings out to light the shadow of death.

12:23  He multiplies the Gentiles and destroys them; he scatters the Gentiles and gathers them [again].

12:24  He takes away the heart of the heads of the people of the earth and causes them to become lost, wandering without a way.

12:25  They grope in the darkness and not the light, and he causes them to err like drunken [men].: