| Chapter 12 |
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And Job answered and said, |
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No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. |
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these? |
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I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is derided. |
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He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. |
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The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. |
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: |
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee. |
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Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? |
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In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. |
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Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food? |
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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. |
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With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. |
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Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. |
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Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. |
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With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. |
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He leadeth counselors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. |
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He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. |
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. |
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He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. |
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. |
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He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shades of death. |
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He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and straiteneth them again. |
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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. |
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They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. |