Job 12

1 Soothly Job answered, and said,⋮

2 And ye therefore be men alone, and wisdom dwell with you?⋮

3 And to me is an heart, as and to you, and I am not lower than ye; for who knoweth not these things, which ye know?⋮

4 He that is scorned of his friend, as I am, shall inwardly call God, and God shall hear him; for the simpleness of a just or rightwise man is scorned.⋮

5 And a lamp is despised at the thoughts of rich men, the which lamp is made ready to a time ordained.⋮

6 The tabernacles of robbers be plenteous or abound, either full of goods; and boldly they stir God to wrath, when he hath given all things into their hands.⋮

7 No wonder, ask thou the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and ask thou the birds of the air, and they shall show to thee.⋮

8 Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee; and the fishes of the sea shall tell those things.⋮

9 Who knoweth not that the hand of the Lord made all these things?⋮

10 In whose hand the soul is of each living thing, and the spirit of each flesh of man.⋮

11 Whether the ear deemeth not words, and the cheeks of the eater deem savour, or the taste of meat?⋮

12 Wisdom is in eld or old men, and prudence is in much time.⋮

13 Wisdom and strength is with God; he hath counsel and understanding.⋮

14 If he destroyeth, there is no man that buildeth; if he shutteth in a man, there is none that openeth.⋮

15 If he holdeth altogether waters, all things shall be made dry; and if he sendeth out those waters, they shall destroy the earth.⋮

16 Strength and wisdom is with God; he knoweth both him that deceiveth and him that is deceived.⋮

17 And he bringeth counsellors into a fond or foolish end, and judges into wondering, either astonishing.⋮

18 He unbindeth the girdle of kings, and girdeth their reins with a cord.⋮

19 He leadeth their priests without glory, and he deceiveth the principal men;⋮

20 and he changeth the lips of sooth-fast men, and taketh away the doctrine of eld or old men.⋮

21 He sheddeth or poureth out despising on princes, and relieveth them, that were oppressed.⋮

22 He showeth deep things from darknesses; and he bringeth forth into light the shadow of death.⋮

23 He multiplieth folks, and he loseth them; and he restoreth them, when they be destroyed, into whole number.⋮

24 He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth; and deceiveth them, that they go in vain out of the way.⋮

25 They shall grope, as in darknesses, and not in light; and he shall make them to err as drunken men.⋮