Job 12 (NET)

Job 12:1¹Then Job answered:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:2²“Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:3³I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:4⁴I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered — a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:5⁵For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate )— a fate for those whose feet slip.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:6⁶But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident — who carry their god in their hands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:7⁷“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:8⁸Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:9⁹Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:10¹⁰In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:11¹¹Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:12¹²Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:13¹³“With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:14¹⁴If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:15¹⁵If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:16¹⁶With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:17¹⁷He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:18¹⁸He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:19¹⁹He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:20²⁰He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:21²¹He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:22²²He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:23²³He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:24²⁴He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 12:25²⁵They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s