Job 12

1And JobH347 answered and saidH559, 2Truly ye are the peopleH5971, and wisdomH2451 shall dieH4191 with you! 3I alsoH1571 have understanding as wellH1571 as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such thingsH428 as these? 4I amH1961 to beH1961 oneH6662 that is a derision to his friendH7453, I who callH7121 upon 1GodH433, and whom he will answerH6030: a derision is the just upright [man]. 5He that is ready to stumble with the footH7272 is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at easeH7600. 6The tentsH168 of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke 2GodH410 are secure; into whose handH3027 3GodH410 bringeth. 7But askH7592 now the beasts, and they shall teachH3384 thee; and the fowl of the heavensH8064, and they shall tellH5046 thee; 8Or speakH7878 to the earthH776, and it shall teachH3384 thee; and the fishes of the seaH3220 shall declare unto thee. 9Who knoweth not in all these, that the handH3027 of Jehovah hath wrought this? 10In whose handH3027 is the soulH5315 of every living thing, and the spiritH7307 of all fleshH1320 of manH376. 11Doth not the earH241 try wordsH4405, as the palateH2441 tasteth foodH400? 12With the aged is wisdomH2451, and in lengthH753 of daysH3117 understandingH8394. 13With him is wisdomH2451 and might; he hath counselH6098 and understandingH8394. 14Behold, he breaketh downH2040, and it is not builtH1129 again; he shutteth up a manH376, and there is no opening. 15Behold, he withholdeth the watersH4325, and they dryH3001 up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earthH776. 16With him is strengthH5797 and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judgesH8199 maketh he fools; 18He weakeneth the government of kingsH4428, and bindeth their loinsH4975 with a fetter; 19He leadeth priestsH3548 away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty; 20He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh awayH5493 the judgment of the eldersH2205; 21He poureth contemptH937 upon noblesH5081, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty; 22He discovereth deepH6757 things out of darknessH2822, and bringeth out into lightH216 the shadow of death; 23He increaseth the nationsH1471, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nationsH1471, and bringeth them in; 24He taketh awayH5493 the understanding of the chiefsH7218 of the peopleH5971 of the earthH776, and causeth them to wanderH8582 in a pathless waste. 25They gropeH4959 in the dark without lightH216, and he maketh them to staggerH8582 like a drunkardH7910.