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Job 12

New American Standard Bible 1995

Job Chides His Accusers

1Then JobH347 1respondedH6030H559,2“TrulyH551 thenH3588 2you are the peopleH5971, And with you wisdomH2451 will dieH4191!3But 3I have intelligenceH3824 as wellH1571 as you; I am not inferiorH5307 to you. And 4whoH4310 does not knowH854 suchH3644 things as theseH428?4I amH1961 a 5jokeH7814 to 6my friendsH7453, The one who calledH7121 on GodH433 and He answeredH6030 him; The justH6662 and 7blamelessH8549 man is a jokeH7814.58He who is at easeH7600 holdsH6248 calamityH6365 in contemptH937, As preparedH3559 for those whose feetH7272 slipH4571.6The 9tentsH168 of the destroyersH7703 prosperH7951, And those who provokeH7264 GodH410 10are secureH987, 11WhomH834 GodH433 bringsH935 12into their powerH3027.

7“But nowH4994 askH7592 the beastsH929, and let them teachH3384 you; And the birdsH5775 of the heavensH8064, and let them tellH5046 you.8OrH176 speakH7878 to the earthH776, and let it teachH3384 you; And let the fishH1709 of the seaH3220 declareH5608 to you.9WhoH4310 among allH3605 theseH428 does not knowH3045 That 13the handH3027 of the LordH3068 has doneH6213 thisH2088,1014In whoseH834 handH3027 is the lifeH5315 of everyH3605 livingH2416 thingH2416, And 15the breathH7307 of allH3605 mankindH376H1320?11Does not 16the earH241 testH974 wordsH4405, As the palateH2441 17tastesH2938 its foodH400?12WisdomH2451 is with 18agedH3453 menH3453, With 19longH753 lifeH3117 is understandingH8394.

Job Speaks of the Power of God

13“With Him are 20wisdomH2451 and 21mightH1369; To Him belong counselH6098 and 22understandingH8394.14BeholdH2005, He 23tearsH2040 downH2040, and it cannotH3808 be rebuiltH1129; He 2425imprisonsH5462 a manH376, and 26there can be noH3808 releaseH6605.15BeholdH2005, He 27restrainsH6113 the watersH4325, and they dryH3001 up; And He 28sendsH7971 them out, and they 29inundateH2015 the earthH776.16With Him are strengthH5797 and soundH8454 wisdomH8454, The 30misledH7683 and the misleaderH7686 belong to Him.17He makes 31counselorsH3289 walkH1980 32barefootH7758 And makesH1984 foolsH1984 of 33judgesH8199.18He 34loosensH6605 the 35bondH4147 of kingsH4428 And bindsH631 their loinsH4975 with a girdleH232.19He makes priestsH3548 walkH1980 36barefootH7758 And overthrowsH5557 37the secureH386 onesH386.20He deprivesH5493 the trustedH539 ones of speechH8193 And 38takesH3947 away the discernmentH2940 of the eldersH2205.21He 39poursH8210 contemptH937 on noblesH5081 And 40loosensH7503 the beltH4206 of the strongH650.22He 41revealsH1540 mysteriesH6013 from the darknessH2822 And bringsH3318 the deepH6757 darknessH6757 into lightH216.23He 42makesH7679 the nationsH1471 greatH7679, then destroysH6 them; He 43enlargesH7849 the nationsH1471, then leadsH5148 them away.24He 44deprivesH5493 of intelligenceH3820 the chiefsH7218 of the earth’sH776 peopleH5971 And makes them wanderH8582 in a pathlessH3808H1870 wasteH8414.25They 45gropeH4959 in darknessH2822 with noH3808 lightH216, And He makes them 46staggerH8582 like a drunkenH7910 manH7910.

Notes

  1. 1. Job 12:1 Lit answered and said ↩
  2. 2. Job 12:2 Job 17:10 ↩
  3. 3. Job 12:3 Job 13:2 ↩
  4. 4. Job 12:3 Lit with whom is there not like these? ↩
  5. 5. Job 12:4 Job 17:6; 30:1, 9, 10; 34:7 ↩
  6. 6. Job 12:4 Lit his ↩
  7. 7. Job 12:4 Job 6:29 ↩
  8. 8. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease ↩
  9. 9. Job 12:6 Job 9:24; 21:7-9 ↩
  10. 10. Job 12:6 Job 24:23 ↩
  11. 11. Job 12:6 Or He who brings God into his hand ↩
  12. 12. Job 12:6 Job 22:18 ↩
  13. 13. Job 12:9 Is 41:20 ↩
  14. 14. Job 12:10 Acts 17:28 ↩
  15. 15. Job 12:10 Job 27:3; 33:4 ↩
  16. 16. Job 12:11 Job 34:3 ↩
  17. 17. Job 12:11 Lit tastes food for itself ↩
  18. 18. Job 12:12 Job 15:10; 32:7 ↩
  19. 19. Job 12:12 Lit length of days ↩
  20. 20. Job 12:13 Job 9:4 ↩
  21. 21. Job 12:13 Job 9:4 ↩
  22. 22. Job 12:13 Job 11:6; 26:12; 32:8; 36:5; 38:36 ↩
  23. 23. Job 12:14 Job 19:10; Is 25:2 ↩
  24. 24. Job 12:14 Lit shuts against ↩
  25. 25. Job 12:14 Job 37:7 ↩
  26. 26. Job 12:14 Lit it is not opened ↩
  27. 27. Job 12:15 Deut 11:17; 1 Kin 8:35; 17:1 ↩
  28. 28. Job 12:15 Gen 7:11-24 ↩
  29. 29. Job 12:15 Lit overturn ↩
  30. 30. Job 12:16 Job 13:7, 9 ↩
  31. 31. Job 12:17 Job 3:14 ↩
  32. 32. Job 12:17 Or stripped ↩
  33. 33. Job 12:17 Job 9:24 ↩
  34. 34. Job 12:18 Ps 116:16 ↩
  35. 35. Job 12:18 Or discipline ↩
  36. 36. Job 12:19 Or stripped ↩
  37. 37. Job 12:19 Job 24:22; 34:24-28; 35:9 ↩
  38. 38. Job 12:20 Job 17:4; 32:9 ↩
  39. 39. Job 12:21 Job 34:19; Ps 107:40 ↩
  40. 40. Job 12:21 Job 12:18 ↩
  41. 41. Job 12:22 Dan 2:22; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩
  42. 42. Job 12:23 Is 9:3; 26:15 ↩
  43. 43. Job 12:23 Or spreads out ↩
  44. 44. Job 12:24 Job 12:20 ↩
  45. 45. Job 12:25 Job 5:14 ↩
  46. 46. Job 12:25 Is 24:20 ↩

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