12Job 12

CHAP. XII. / 1 Iob mainteineth himselfe against his friends that reproue him. 7 He acknowledgeth the generall doctrine of Gods omnipotencie.

1And Iob answered, and sayd,Select Job 12:1

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

3But I haue vnderstanding as well as you, I am not inferiour to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?Select Job 12:3

4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he answereth him: the iust vpright man is laughed to scorne.Select Job 12:4

5He that is ready to slippe 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 prouoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.Select Job 12:6

7But aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the foules of the aire, and they shall tell thee.Select Job 12:7

8Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto 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 soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.Select Job 12:10

11Doeth not the eare trie wordes? and the mouth taste his meate?Select Job 12:11

12With the ancient is wisedome, and in length of dayes, vnderstanding.Select Job 12:12

13With him is wisedome & strength, he hath counsell and vnderstanding.Select Job 12:13

14Behold, he breaketh downe, and it cannot be built againe: hee shutteth vp a man, and there can be no opening.Select Job 12:14

15Behold, hee withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: also hee sendeth them out, and they ouerturne the earth.Select Job 12:15

16With him is strength & wisedome: the deceiued, and the deceiuer, are his.Select Job 12:16

17He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the Iudges fooles.Select Job 12:17

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

19He leadeth Princes away spoiled, and ouerthroweth the mightie.Select Job 12:19

20He remooueth away the speech of the trustie, and taketh away the vnderstanding of the aged.Select Job 12:20

21He powreth contempt vpon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mightie.Select Job 12:21

22Hee discouereth deepe things out of darkenesse, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.Select Job 12:22

23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: hee inlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them againe.Select Job 12:23

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

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