Job 12:7-16

7“Now ask the animals, and let them teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character]; And ask the birds of the air, and let them tell you;

8Or speak to the earth [with its many forms of life], and it will teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare [this truth] to you.

9Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life] That the hand of the Lord has done this,

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

11Does the ear not put words to the test, Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?

12With the aged [you say] is wisdom, And with long life is understanding.

13“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might; He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

14Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

15Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

16With Him are might and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader are His [and in His power].