ABP - Job - 12

12:1  And undertaking, Job says,

12:2  So then you are men, then [3with 4you 2comes to an end 1wisdom]?

12:3  [2also to me 3indeed 4a heart 5like 6yours 1There is].

12:4  For a just man, and blameless, was born for an object for taunts.

12:5  [2at 4time 1For 3an appointed] man had been prepared to fall under others; [3house 1also for 2his] to be pillaged by lawless ones. But let not however any one [3rely on 2wicked 1being] he shall be considered innocent;

12:6  as many as provoke [3to anger 1the 2 lord], as if [2not 4also 5their chastisement 1there will 3be].

12:7  But indeed ask the four-footed beasts! if they should speak to you, or birds of the heaven, if they were able to report to you.

12:8  [2let 4tell in detail 1And 3the earth]! if it should expound to you; and [5shall describe 6to you 1the 2fishes 3of the 4sea].

12:9  Who knew not among all these, that the hand of the lord made these?

12:10  Except in his hand is the life of all the living, and the breath of every man.

12:11  [2the ear 3indeed 1For 5words 4scrutinizes], and the throat [2grains 1tastes].

12:12  In a long time is wisdom; and in a long existence is higher knowledge.

12:13  By him is wisdom and power; with him counsel and understanding.

12:14  If he should throw down, who shall build up? If he locks against man, who opens?

12:15  If he should restrain the water, he shall dry the earth; and if he should let it loose, he destroys it by eradication.

12:16  By him is might and strength; in him is higher knowledge and understanding,

12:17  leading counselors as captives; and judges of the earth he amazes;

12:18  sitting kings upon thrones, and ties a belt on their loins;

12:19  sending priests as captives; and the mighty ones of the earth he eradicates;

12:20  reconciling the lips of the trustworthy; [2the understanding 1and] of the elders he knew;

12:21  pouring out dishonor upon rulers, but the humble he healed;

12:22  uncovering the deeps from out of darkness, and he leads [3into 4light 1the shadow 2of death];

12:23  wandering nations, and destroying them; prostrating nations, and directing them;

12:24  reconciling the hearts of the rulers of the earth, but wandering them in the way which they do not know.

12:25  May they handle darkness, and not light; may they be wandering as if one being intoxicated.