Job:12 Parallel Bible - WLD ASV |
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| Job 12:1 | Then Job answered, | Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 12:2 | "No doubt, but you are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. | No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. |
| Job 12:3 | But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these? | But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? |
| Job 12:4 | I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. | I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. |
| Job 12:5 | In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them whose foot slips. | In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. |
| Job 12:6 | The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands. | The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly]. |
| Job 12:7 | "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; The birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. | But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: |
| Job 12:8 | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; The fish of the sea shall declare to you. | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. |
| Job 12:9 | Who doesn't know that in all these, The hand of Yahweh has done this, | Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, |
| Job 12:10 | In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind? | In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? |
| Job 12:11 | Doesn't the ear try words, Even as the palate tastes its food? | Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food? |
| Job 12:12 | With aged men is wisdom, In length of days understanding. | With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding. |
| Job 12:13 | "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding. | With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. |
| Job 12:14 | Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. | Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. |
| Job 12:15 | Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. | Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. |
| Job 12:16 | With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. | With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. |
| Job 12:17 | He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools. | He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools. |
| Job 12:18 | He loosens the bond of kings, He binds their loins with a belt. | He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle. |
| Job 12:19 | He leads priests away stripped, And overthrows the mighty. | He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. |
| Job 12:20 | He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the elders. | He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. |
| Job 12:21 | He pours contempt on princes, And loosens the belt of the strong. | He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. |
| Job 12:22 | He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings out to light the shadow of death. | He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. |
| Job 12:23 | He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive. | He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. |
| Job 12:24 | He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. | He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. |
| Job 12:25 | They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man. | They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. |
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