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Job 12

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Then Job answered:

2 No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!

3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who doesn't know the things you are talking about?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

5 The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt [and thinks] it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure; God's power provides this.

7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; [ask] the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

8 Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

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

10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

11 Doesn't the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.

14 Whatever He tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever He imprisons cannot be released.

15 When He withholds the waters, everything dries up, and when He releases them, they destroy the land.

16 True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes judges go mad.

18 He releases the bonds put on by kings and ties a cloth around their waists.

19 He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows established leaders.

20 He deprives trusted advisers of speech and takes away the elders' good judgment.

21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the strong.

22 He reveals mysteries from the darkness and brings the deepest darkness into the light.

23 He makes nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges nations, then leads them away.

24 He deprives the world's leaders of reason, and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

25 They grope around in darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunken men.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 “No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

4 I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

5 In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.

6 The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.

7 “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;

8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

9 Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?

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

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

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

13 “With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.

14 If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.

15 If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.

16 With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

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

18 He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips.

19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.

20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.

21 He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.

22 He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

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

24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.

25 They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.