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Job|12:1|-|Then Job answered and said,
Job|12:2|-|Surely then you are the people,And wisdom will die with you.
Job|12:3|-|I also have understanding as you do;I am not inferior to you.
And who does not know things like these?
Job|12:4|-|I have become a laughingstock to |1|my friends,I, who have called out to God and He answers |2|me.
The righteous man, the perfect man, is a |a|laughingstock.
Job|12:5|-|There is contempt for calamity in the thought of him who is at ease:It is prepared for those whose foot slips.
Job|12:6|-|The tents of robbers prosper,And those who provoke God have security,
Those who carry their god in their own |1|might.
Job|12:7|-|But ask now of the beasts, and they will |a|teach you;And of the birds of heaven, and they will tell you.
Job|12:8|-|Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;And the fish of the sea will declare to you.
Job|12:9|-|Who among all these does not knowThat the hand of Jehovah has done this,
Job|12:10|-|In whose hand is the |1a|life of every living thingAnd the |1|breath of all flesh of man?
Job|12:11|-|Does not the ear |a|try wordsEven as the palate tastes food for itself?
Job|12:12|-|In aged men, you say, there is wisdom,And in length of days there is understanding.
Job|12:13|-|But with Him are |a|wisdom and might;Counsel and understanding are His.
Job|12:14|-|Indeed, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt;He shuts a man up, and the door cannot be opened.
Job|12:15|-|Indeed, He withholds the |a|waters, and they dry up;And He |b|sends them forth, and they overturn the earth.
Job|12:16|-|With Him are strength and effectual wisdom;The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Job|12:17|-|He leads |a|counselors away stripped,And He makes fools of judges.
Job|12:18|-|He loosens the fetters of kingsAnd binds their loins with a belt.
Job|12:19|-|He leads priests away stripped,And He overturns dignitaries.
Job|12:20|-|He removes the utterance of the trustyAnd takes away the counsel of the elders.
Job|12:21|-|He pours contempt upon the princesAnd loosens the belt of the strong.
Job|12:22|-|He uncovers the depths out of darknessAnd |a|brings to light the shadow of death.
Job|12:23|-|He makes nations great and destroys them;He expands nations and leads them off.
Job|12:24|-|He removes the understanding of the heads of the people of the earthAnd causes them to wander in a pathless waste.
Job|12:25|-|They grope in darkness, and there is no light;And He causes them to stagger like a drunken man.
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