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Job 12 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1 - Then Job answered:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:2 - "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:3 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 - "But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - or the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:9 - Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:10 - In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Does not the ear try words as the palate tastes food?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:12 - Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

Job Speaks of the Power of God

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13 - "With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16 - With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:17 - He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 - He looses the bonds of kings, and binds a waistcloth on their loins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19 - He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - He pours contempt on princes, and looses the belt of the strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He uncovers the deeps out of darkness, and brings deep darkness to light.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:23 - He makes nations great, and he destroys them: he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
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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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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