Job 12 · Clearspring

Job Presents His Case

¹And Job answered and said,+ ²No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.+ ³But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?+ ⁴I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.+ ⁵He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.+ ⁶The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.+ ⁷But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:+ ⁸Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.+ ⁹Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?+ ¹⁰In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.+ ¹¹Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?+ ¹²With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.+ ¹³With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.+ ¹⁴Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.+ ¹⁵Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.+ ¹⁶With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.+ ¹⁷He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.+ ¹⁸He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.+ ¹⁹He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.+ ²⁰He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.+ ²¹He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.+ ²²He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.+ ²³He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.+ ²⁴He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.+ ²⁵They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.+

Job Presents His Case

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