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Job 12

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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.

Common English Bible CEB

1 Job responded:

2 Surely you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

3 I am also intelligent; I'm not inferior to you. Who isn't like these people?

4 I'm a joke to friends who called to God and he answered; the innocent and blameless one is a joke,

5 a torch of contempt to one who is idle, a fixed point for slipping feet.

6 Raiders' tents are prosperous and God's provokers secure, who carry God in their hands.

7 But ask Behemoth, and he will teach you, the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;

8 or talk to earth, and it will teach you; the fish of the sea will recount it for you.

9 Among all these, who hasn't known that the LORD's hand did this?

10 In whose grasp is the life of every thing, the breath of every person?

11 Doesn't the ear test words and the palate taste food?

12 "In old age is wisdom; understanding in a long life."

13 With him are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

14 If he tears down, it can't be rebuilt; if he ties a person up, he can't be set free.

15 If he restricts water, they have drought; if he lets it loose, it overturns the land.

16 With him are might and success; the deceiver and the deceived are his.

17 He leads advisors away barefoot; makes madmen of judges;

18 unties the belt of kings, binds a garment around their loins;

19 leads priests away barefoot; overthrows the well-established;

20 silences the talk of trusted people; takes away elders' discernment;

21 pours contempt on royalty; loosens the belt of the strong;

22 discloses deep secrets of darkness, makes utter darkness enter the light;

23 makes nations prominent and destroys them, expands nations and leads them astray;

24 takes away the power to think from earth's leaders, making them wander in untraveled wastelands.

25 They feel their way in the dark without light; he makes them stumble like drunks.