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Job 12

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 "Truly indeed you [are the] people, and wisdom will die with you.

3 {I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends: '[He] calls on God, and he answers him.' A righteous, blameless man [is] a laughingstock.

5 {Those at ease have contempt} for [the] thought of {disaster}, [but it is] ready for those unstable of foot.

6 [The] tents of [the] destroyers are at peace, and [there is] security for those who provoke God, [for those] whom God brings into his hand.

7 "But ask [the] animals, and they will teach you, and the birds of the heaven, and they will tell you;

8 or ask the earth, and it will teach you, and the fishes of the sea will declare to you.

9 Who among all of these does not know that Yahweh's hand has done this?

10 In whose hand [is] the life of all living things and {the breath of every human being}?

11 Does not [the] ear test words and [the] palate taste food for itself?

12 Wisdom [is] with [the] aged, and understanding [is in] length of days.

13 "With him [are] wisdom and powerful deeds, and to him [belong] counsel and understanding.

14 If he tears down, then it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then he cannot be freed.

15 Look, [if] he withholds the water, then they dry up; and [if] he sends them out, then they overwhelm [the] land.

16 "Strength and sound wisdom [are] with him; [the] deceived and [the] deceiver [are] his.

17 He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes fools of judges.

18 He loosens [the] fetters of kings, and he binds a loincloth on their loins.

19 He leads priests away stripped, and he overthrows {the members of ancient families}.

20 He deprives [the] trustworthy of speech, and he takes away [the] discretion of elders.

21 He pours contempt on noblemen, and he loosens [the] girdle of [the] mighty.

22 "He uncovers mysteries out of darkness, and he brings deep shadow to the light.

23 He makes the nations great, then he destroys them; he expands the nations, then he guides them.

24 He strips [away] the insight of the heads of the earth's people, and he makes them wander in {a pathless wasteland}.

25 They grope [in] the dark {without} light, and he makes them stagger like a drunkard.

New International Version NIV

1 Then Job replied:

2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!

3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?

4 “I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

5 Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.

7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;

8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.

9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

10 In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?

12 Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

13 “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

14 What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.

15 If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.

16 To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.

17 He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.

18 He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.

19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.

20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.

21 He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.

23 He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.

25 They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.