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Chapter 12
Job MKJV 12:2  For truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Job MKJV 12:3  But I have understanding as well as you; I do not fall short of you; yes, who does not know such things as these?
Job MKJV 12:4  I am a laughing-stock to his friends; who calls on God, and He answers him; the just, the upright one is a mockery;
Job MKJV 12:5  a flaming brand despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure; it is ready for those with slipping feet.
Job MKJV 12:6  The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, in whatever God brings to their hand.
Job MKJV 12:7  But now ask the animals, and they shall teach you; and the birds of the air, and they shall tell you;
Job MKJV 12:8  or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; and the fish of the sea shall declare it to you;
Job MKJV 12:9  who of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
Job MKJV 12:10  In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, even of man?
Job MKJV 12:11  Does not the ear try words? And does not the mouth taste its food?
Job MKJV 12:12  With the aged is wisdom, and understanding in length of days.
Job MKJV 12:13  With Him is wisdom and strength; He has wisdom and understanding.
Job MKJV 12:14  Behold, He breaks down, and it can not be built up again; He shuts up a man, and no one opens.
Job MKJV 12:15  Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job MKJV 12:16  With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
Job MKJV 12:17  He leads wise men away stripped, and makes the judges fools.
Job MKJV 12:18  He cuts away the bonds of kings, and binds their loins with a girdle.
Job MKJV 12:19  He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
Job MKJV 12:20  He removes the speech of the men of trust, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
Job MKJV 12:21  He pours scorn on princes, and unties the belt of the mighty.
Job MKJV 12:22  He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the shadow of death to light.
Job MKJV 12:23  He gives greatness to the nations, and destroys them. He spreads out the nations, and leads them away.
Job MKJV 12:24  He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.
Job MKJV 12:25  They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger like a drunkard.