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Job 12

Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE

1 Then Job answered, and said:

2 Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with you?

3 I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?

4 He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn.

5 The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed.

6 The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee.

8 Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell.

9 Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things?

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.

11 Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste?

12 In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days prudence.

13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

14 If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a man, there is none that can open.

15 If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.

16 With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceivers, and him that is deceived.

17 He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility.

18 He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord.

19 He leadeth away priests without glory, and overthroweth nobles.

20 He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged.

21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed.

22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth up to light the shadow of death.

23 He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them, and restoreth them again after they were overthrown.

24 He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way.

25 They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk.

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.