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Job 12 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Job Answers His Critics
Job Answers His Critics

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1 - Then Job answered and said:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:2 - “No doubt you are the people,
And wisdom will die with you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:3 - But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Indeed, who does not know such things as these?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - “I am one mocked by his friends,
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - A lamp[fn] is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
It is made ready for those whose feet slip.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 - “But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:9 - Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the LORD has done this,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:10 - In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Does not the ear test words
And the mouth taste its food?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:12 - Wisdom is with aged men,
And with length of days, understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13 - “With Him are wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If He withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16 - With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:17 - He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 - He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19 - He leads princes[fn] away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - He pours contempt on princes,
And disarms the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:23 - He makes nations great, and destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and guides them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He takes away the understanding[fn] of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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NKJV Footnotes
Or disaster
Literally priests, but not in a technical sense
Literally heart
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

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Job Chapter 12 — Additional Translations:

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