12Job 12

1And Job answered and said,Select Job 12:1

2No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.Select Job 12:2

3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knows not such things as these?Select Job 12:3

4I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls on God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.Select Job 12:4

5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.Select Job 12:5

6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.Select Job 12:6

7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:Select Job 12:7

8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you.Select Job 12:8

9Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has worked this?Select Job 12:9

10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.Select Job 12:10

11Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?Select Job 12:11

12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.Select Job 12:12

13With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.Select Job 12:13

14Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.Select Job 12:14

15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.Select Job 12:15

16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.Select Job 12:16

17He leads counsellors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools.Select Job 12:17

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

19He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty.Select Job 12:19

20He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged.Select Job 12:20

21He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.Select Job 12:21

22He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.Select Job 12:22

23He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again.Select Job 12:23

24He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.Select Job 12:24

25They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.Select Job 12:25