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Job 12

Hebrew Names Version HNV

1 Then Iyov answered,

2 "No doubt, but you are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?

4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them whose foot slips.

6 The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands.

7 "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; The birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.

8 Or speak to the eretz, and it shall teach you; The fish of the sea shall declare to you.

9 Who doesn't know that in all these, The hand of the LORD has done this,

10 In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind?

11 Doesn't the ear try words, Even as the palate tastes its food?

12 With aged men is wisdom, In length of days understanding.

13 "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the eretz.

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

17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

18 He loosens the bond of kings, He binds their loins with a belt.

19 He leads Kohanim away stripped, And overthrows the mighty.

20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the Zakenim.

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

22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings out to light the shadow of death.

23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the eretz, And causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

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

The Message Bible MSG

1 Job answered:

2 "I'm sure you speak for all the experts, and when you die there'll be no one left to tell us how to live.

3 But don't forget that I also have a brain - I don't intend to play second fiddle to you. It doesn't take an expert to know these things.

4 "I'm ridiculed by my friends: 'So that's the man who had conversations with God!' Ridiculed without mercy: 'Look at the man who never did wrong!'

5 It's easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers.

6 Crooks reside safely in high-security houses, insolent blasphemers live in luxury; they've bought and paid for a god who'll protect them.

7 "But ask the animals what they think - let them teach you; let the birds tell you what's going on.

8 Put your ear to the earth - learn the basics. Listen - the fish in the ocean will tell you their stories.

9 Isn't it clear that they all know and agree that God is sovereign, that he holds all things in his hand -

10 Every living soul, yes, every breathing creature?

11 Isn't this all just common sense, as common as the sense of taste?

12 Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom, that you have to grow old before you understand life?

13 "True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for.

14 If he tears something down, it's down for good; if he locks people up, they're locked up for good.

15 If he holds back the rain, there's a drought; if he lets it loose, there's a flood.

16 Strength and success belong to God; both deceived and deceiver must answer to him.

17 He strips experts of their vaunted credentials, exposes judges as witless fools.

18 He divests kings of their royal garments, then ties a rag around their waists.

19 He strips priests of their robes, and fires high officials from their jobs.

20 He forces trusted sages to keep silence, deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom.

21 He dumps contempt on famous people, disarms the strong and mighty.

22 He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness, hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun.

23 He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others.

24 He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no man's land.

25 They grope in the dark without a clue, lurching and staggering like drunks.