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Chapter 12
Job GodsWord 12:2  "You certainly are wise people, and when you die, wisdom will die.
Job GodsWord 12:3  Like you, I have a mind. I am not inferior to you. But who doesn't know these things?
Job GodsWord 12:4  I am a laughingstock to my neighbors. I am one who calls on God and expects an answer. A man of integrity, a man who is righteous, has become a laughingstock.
Job GodsWord 12:5  "A person who has an easy life has no appreciation for misfortune. He thinks it is the fate of those who slip up.
Job GodsWord 12:6  But robbers' tents are prosperous, and there is security for those who provoke God, for those whose god is their power.
Job GodsWord 12:7  "Instead, ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds, and they will tell you.
Job GodsWord 12:8  Or speak with the earth, and it will teach you. Even the fish will relate the story to you.
Job GodsWord 12:9  What creature doesn't know that the LORD's hands made it?
Job GodsWord 12:10  The life of every living creature and the spirit in every human body are in his hands.
Job GodsWord 12:11  Doesn't the ear distinguish sounds and the tongue taste food?
Job GodsWord 12:12  "Wisdom is with the ancient one. The one who has had many days has insight.
Job GodsWord 12:13  God has wisdom and strength. Advice and insight are his.
Job GodsWord 12:14  When he tears something down, it cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, that person cannot be freed.
Job GodsWord 12:15  When he holds back the waters, there is a drought. When he releases them, they flood the earth.
Job GodsWord 12:16  "God has power and priceless wisdom. He owns both the deceiver and the person who is deceived.
Job GodsWord 12:17  He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools out of judges.
Job GodsWord 12:18  He loosens kings' belts and strips them of their pants.
Job GodsWord 12:19  He leads priests away barefoot and misleads those who serve in a temple.
Job GodsWord 12:20  He makes trusted advisers unable to speak and takes away the good judgment of respected leaders.
Job GodsWord 12:21  He pours contempt on influential people and unbuckles the belt of the mighty.
Job GodsWord 12:22  He uncovers mysteries hidden in the darkness and brings gloom into the light.
Job GodsWord 12:23  He makes nations important and then destroys them. He makes nations large and leads them away.
Job GodsWord 12:24  He takes away the common sense of a country's leaders and makes them stumble about in a pathless wilderness.
Job GodsWord 12:25  They grope in the dark with no light, and he makes them stumble like drunks.