12Job 12

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

2No doubt but ye 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: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?Select Job 12:3

4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth 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 bringeth abundantly.Select Job 12:6

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

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

9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought 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

11Doth 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 hath counsel and understanding.Select Job 12:13

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

15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth 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 leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.Select Job 12:17

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

19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.Select Job 12:19

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

21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.Select Job 12:21

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

23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.Select Job 12:23

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

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