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Job 12 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1 - And Job made answer and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:2 - No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:3 - But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - 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!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 - 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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:9 - Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:10 - In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:12 - Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

Job Speaks of the Power of God

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13 - With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16 - With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:17 - He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 - He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19 - He makes priests prisoners, overturning those in safe positions;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:23 - Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Job Chapter 12 — Additional Translations:

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