New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 12:2-12

2“Truly then 1you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!3But 2I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And 3who does not know such things as these?4I am a 4joke to 5my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and 6blameless man is a joke.5 7He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.6The 8tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God 9are secure, 10Whom God brings 11into their power.

7“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.8Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you.9Who among all these does not know That 12the hand of the Lord has done this,10 13In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And 14the breath of all mankind?11Does not 15the ear test words, As the palate 16tastes its food?12Wisdom is with 17aged men, With 18long life is understanding.

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Notes

1. Job 12:2 Job 17:10 ↩
2. Job 12:3 Job 13:2 ↩
3. Job 12:3 Lit with whom is there not like these? ↩
4. Job 12:4 Job 17:6; 30:1, 9, 10; 34:7 ↩
5. Job 12:4 Lit his ↩
6. Job 12:4 Job 6:29 ↩
7. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease ↩
8. Job 12:6 Job 9:24; 21:7-9 ↩
9. Job 12:6 Job 24:23 ↩
10. Job 12:6 Or He who brings God into his hand ↩
11. Job 12:6 Job 22:18 ↩
12. Job 12:9 Is 41:20 ↩
13. Job 12:10 Acts 17:28 ↩
14. Job 12:10 Job 27:3; 33:4 ↩
15. Job 12:11 Job 34:3 ↩
16. Job 12:11 Lit tastes food for itself ↩
17. Job 12:12 Job 15:10; 32:7 ↩
18. Job 12:12 Lit length of days ↩

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