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Job 12 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Job Chides His Accusers

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Then Job H347 responded H6030 H559,

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“Truly H551 then H3588 you are the people H5971,

And with you wisdom H2451 will die H4191!

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“But I have intelligence H3824 as H1571 well H1571 as you;

I am not inferior H5307 to you.

And [fn]who H4310 does not know H854 such H3644 things as these H428?

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“I am H1961 a joke H7814 to [fn]my friends H7453,

The one who called H7121 on God H433 and He answered H6030 him;

The just H6662 and blameless H8549 man is a joke H7814.

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“[fn]He who is at H7600 ease H7600 holds H6248 disaster H6365 in contempt H937,

As prepared H3559 for those whose feet H7272 slip H4571.

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“The tents H168 of the destroyers H7703 prosper H7951,

And those who provoke H7264 God H410 are secure H987,

[fn]Whom H834 God H433 brings H935 into their power H3027.

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“But just H4994 ask H7592 the animals H929, and have them teach H3384 you;

And the birds H5775 of the sky H8064, and have them tell H5046 you.

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“Or H176 speak H7878 to the earth H776, and have it teach H3384 you;

And have the fish H1709 of the sea H3220 tell H5608 you.

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“Who H4310 among all H3605 these H428 does not know H3045

That the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 has done H6213 this H2088,

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In whose H834 hand H3027 is the life H5315 of every H3605 living H2416 thing H2416,

And the breath H7307 of all H3605 mankind H376 H1320?

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“Does the ear H241 not put H974 words H4405 to H974 the H974 test H974,

As the palate H2441 [fn]tastes H2938 its food H400?

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“Wisdom H2451 is with the aged H3453,

And with [fn]long H753 life H3117 comes understanding H8394.

Job Speaks of the Power of God

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“Wisdom H2451 and might H1369 are with Him;

Advice H6098 and understanding H8394 belong to Him.

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“Behold H2005, He tears H2040 down H2040, and it cannot H3808 be rebuilt H1129;

He [fn]imprisons H5462 a person H376, and [fn]there is no H3808 release H6605.

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“Behold H2005, He restrains H6113 the waters H4325, and they dry H3001 up H3001;

And He sends H7971 them out H7971, and they [fn]inundate H2015 the earth H776.

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“Strength H5797 and sound H8454 wisdom H8454 are with Him.

One who goes H7683 astray H7683 and one who leads H7686 astray H7686 belong to Him.

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“He makes advisers H3289 walk H1980 [fn]barefoot H7758

And makes H1984 fools H1984 of judges H8199.

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“He undoes H6605 the binding H4147 of kings H4428,

And ties H631 a loincloth H232 around their waist H4975.

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“He makes priests H3548 walk H1980 [fn]barefoot H7758,

And overthrows H5557 the secure H386 ones H386.

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“He deprives H5493 the trusted H539 ones of speech H8193,

And takes H3947 away the discernment H2940 of the elders H2205.

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“He pours H8210 contempt H937 on nobles H5081,

And loosens H7503 the belt H4206 of the strong H650.

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“He reveals H1540 mysteries H6013 from the darkness H2822,

And brings H3318 the deep H6757 darkness H6757 into light H216.

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“He makes H7679 the nations H1471 great H7679, then destroys H6 them;

He [fn]enlarges H7849 the nations H1471, then leads H5148 them away.

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“He deprives H5493 the leaders H7218 of the earth’s H776 people H5971 of [fn]intelligence H3820

And makes them wander H8582 in a pathless H3808 H1870 wasteland H8414.

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“They grope H4959 in darkness H2822 with no H3808 light H216,

And He makes them stagger H8582 like a drunken H7910 person H7910.

See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit with whom is there not like these?
Lit his
Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease
Or He who brings God into his hand.
Lit tastes food for itself
Lit length of days
Lit shuts against
Lit it is not opened
Lit overturn
Or stripped
Or stripped
Or spreads out
Lit heart
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Job Chapter 12 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras