Book 18 Job Chapter 012
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| 012:001 | And Job answered and said,   |
| 012:002 | No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.   |
| 012:003 | But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?   |
| 012:004 | I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.   |
| 012:005 | He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.   |
| 012:006 | The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.   |
| 012:007 | But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:   |
| 012:008 | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.   |
| 012:009 | Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?   |
| 012:010 | In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.   |
| 012:011 | Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?   |
| 012:012 | With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.   |
| 012:013 | With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.   |
| 012:014 | Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.   |
| 012:015 | Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.   |
| 012:016 | With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.   |
| 012:017 | He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.   |
| 012:018 | He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.   |
| 012:019 | He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.   |
| 012:020 | He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.   |
| 012:021 | He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.   |
| 012:022 | He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.   |
| 012:023 | He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.   |
| 012:024 | He 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.   |
| 012:025 | They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. |