JOB 12
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and he answered him: the just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of LORD hath wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its meat?
12 With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and effectual working; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the elders.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth the nations abroad, and bringeth them in.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Cross-references
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- 2Isa 5:21, Job 8:8–10, Job 11:6, Job 20:3, 1Co 4:10, Job 6:24–25, Job 17:10, 1Co 6:5
- 3Job 13:2–5, 2Co 11:21–23, Pro 26:4, Job 6:6–7, Job 26:2–3, 2Co 11:5
- 4Job 30:1, Job 21:3, Job 17:6, Psa 91:15, Jer 33:3, Job 17:2, Psa 22:7–8, Job 16:10
- 5Mat 25:8, Psa 17:5, Pro 13:9, Psa 94:18, Deu 32:35, Luk 16:19–20, Job 18:5, Luk 12:19
- 6Job 9:24, Psa 73:11–12, Psa 17:14, Psa 37:1, Psa 37:35, Job 21:7–15, Jer 5:27, Job 22:18
- 7Isa 1:3, Jer 8:7, Pro 6:6, Job 21:29–30
- 9Isa 41:20, Jer 27:5–6, Rom 11:36, Act 19:35, Dan 9:17, 1Sa 2:7, Deu 8:17–18, Dan 5:18
- 10Act 17:28, Job 33:4, Act 17:25, Job 27:3, Num 16:22, Dan 5:23, Psa 146:3–4, Job 34:14–15
- 11Job 34:3, Heb 5:14, 1Pe 2:3, Php 1:10, Job 6:30, 1Co 10:15
- 12Job 32:7, Job 15:10, Job 8:8
- 13Job 36:5, Job 9:4, Pro 2:6–7, Jas 1:5, Job 28:20–28, Pro 8:14, Psa 147:5, Eph 1:11
- 14Isa 22:22, Rev 3:7, Job 11:10, Mal 1:4, Job 9:12–13, 1Sa 26:8, Jer 51:58, 1Sa 17:46
- 151Ki 17:1, Amo 5:8, Gen 6:13, Luk 4:25, Gen 7:11–8:2, Rev 11:6, Jer 14:22, 1Ki 8:35–36
- 16Job 13:9, 1Ki 22:22–23, Job 12:13, Ezk 14:9, Mat 6:13, Job 13:7
- 17Isa 29:14, 1Co 1:19–20, 2Sa 17:23, 2Sa 15:31, Isa 19:12–14, Job 3:14, Job 9:24, 2Sa 17:14
- 18Dan 2:21, Psa 116:16, 2Ch 33:11–14, Jer 52:31–34, Rev 19:16
- 19Isa 45:1, Isa 37:36–38, 1Sa 17:45–46, Jos 10:42, Job 34:28, Jos 10:24, Job 24:22, Rev 19:19–21
- 20Job 32:9, Job 17:4, Job 12:24, Pro 12:19, Pro 10:21, Isa 3:1–3, Job 39:17, Pro 12:22
- 21Psa 107:40, Dan 2:21–22, Isa 24:21–22, Isa 23:9, 2Ki 9:34–37, Eph 6:10, Dan 4:32–33, Exo 8:2
- 22Dan 2:22, 1Co 4:5, 1Co 2:10, Job 3:5, Luk 1:79, Mat 10:26, Amo 5:8, Job 28:20–23
- 23Isa 9:3, Isa 26:15, Isa 60:22, Psa 107:38, Jer 33:22, Isa 27:6, Jer 30:19, Exo 1:20
- 24Psa 107:40, Job 12:20, Hos 7:11, Dan 4:33, Isa 6:9–10, Psa 107:4, Dan 4:16, Job 17:4
- 25Job 5:14, Psa 107:27, Isa 24:20, Isa 19:14, 1Jn 2:11, Gen 19:11, Deu 28:29, Isa 59:10