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Job 12 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

Job 12:1And Job answered and said,
Job 12:2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 12:3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 12:4I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is derided.
Job 12:5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Job 12:7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Job 12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
Job 12:9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Job 12:10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food?
Job 12:12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Job Speaks of the Power of God

Job 12:13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
Job 12:14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Job 12:15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 12:16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 12:17He leadeth counselors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Job 12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Job 12:19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Job 12:20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Job 12:21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Job 12:22He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shades of death.
Job 12:23He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and straiteneth them again.
Job 12:24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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