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Job 12

New Revised Standard NRS

1 Then Job answered:

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 upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.

5 Those at ease have contempt for misfortune, but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.

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

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

8 ask the plants 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 every human being.

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

12 Is wisdom with the aged, and understanding in length of days?

13 "With God are wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.

14 If he tears down, no one can rebuild; if he shuts someone in, no one can open up.

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

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

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

18 He looses the sash of kings, and binds a waistcloth on their loins.

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 looses the belt of the strong.

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

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

24 He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.

25 They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.

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.