Job 12:2-12

2‘You people think that you know everything. You think that there will be no wisdom after you die.

3But I understand things as well as you. You are no better than I am. Everyone knows the things that you have been saying.

4I am a person who prayed to God and he answered me. But my friends now laugh at me. I have always lived completely in the right way. But still my friends laugh at me.

5Some people never have any troubles. They think that people who suffer are fools. If people are in trouble, they knock them down!

6But robbers seem to live in peace. They cause God to be angry but they think that they are safe. They trust their own strength as their god.

7Ask the animals and they will teach you. The birds in the sky would tell you the truth.

8Speak to the earth and it will teach you. The fish in the sea would tell you what is right.

9Any of them could tell you that the Lord has done this.

10He has authority over the life of all the animals. He gives breath to all people so that they can live.

11We use our mouths to taste food. And we use our ears to test what we hear.

12Old people are often wise. People who have lived for a long time understand things better.