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| Job 12:1 | Then Job answered, | And Job made answer and said, |
| Job 12:2 | "No doubt, but you are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. | No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end 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 a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of 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. | It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of! |
| 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 who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping. |
| Job 12:6 | The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands. | There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength. |
| Job 12:7 | "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; The birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. | But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you; |
| Job 12:8 | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; The fish of the sea shall declare to you. | Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it. |
| Job 12:9 | Who doesn't know that in all these, The hand of Yahweh has done this, | Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done 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 flesh of man. |
| Job 12:11 | Doesn't the ear try words, Even as the palate tastes its food? | Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth? |
| Job 12:12 | With aged men is wisdom, In length of days understanding. | Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge. |
| Job 12:13 | "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding. | With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his. |
| Job 12:14 | Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. | Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose. |
| Job 12:15 | Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. | Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned. |
| Job 12:16 | With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. | With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands; |
| Job 12:17 | He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools. | He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish; |
| Job 12:18 | He loosens the bond of kings, He binds their loins with a belt. | He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them; |
| Job 12:19 | He leads priests away stripped, And overthrows the mighty. | He makes priests prisoners, overturning those in safe positions; |
| Job 12:20 | He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the elders. | He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old; |
| Job 12:21 | He pours contempt on princes, And loosens the belt of the strong. | He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong; |
| Job 12:22 | He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings out to light the shadow of death. | Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright; |
| Job 12:23 | He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive. | Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up. |
| 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 takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way. |
| Job 12:25 | They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man. | They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine. |
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