New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 12:11-25

11Does not 1the earH241 testH974 wordsH4405, As the palateH2441 2tastesH2938 its foodH400?12WisdomH2451 is with 3agedH3453 menH3453, With 4longH753 lifeH3117 is understandingH8394.

13“With Him are 5wisdomH2451 and 6mightH1369; To Him belong counselH6098 and 7understandingH8394.14BeholdH2005, He 8tearsH2040 downH2040, and it cannotH3808 be rebuiltH1129; He 9 10imprisonsH5462 a manH376, and 11there can be noH3808 releaseH6605.15BeholdH2005, He 12restrainsH6113 the watersH4325, and they dryH3001 up; And He 13sendsH7971 them out, and they 14inundateH2015 the earthH776.16With Him are strengthH5797 and soundH8454 wisdomH8454, The 15misledH7683 and the misleaderH7686 belong to Him.17He makes 16counselorsH3289 walkH1980 17barefootH7758 And makesH1984 foolsH1984 of 18judgesH8199.18He 19loosensH6605 the 20bondH4147 of kingsH4428 And bindsH631 their loinsH4975 with a girdleH232.19He makes priestsH3548 walkH1980 21barefootH7758 And overthrowsH5557 22the secureH386 onesH386.20He deprivesH5493 the trustedH539 ones of speechH8193 And 23takesH3947 away the discernmentH2940 of the eldersH2205.21He 24poursH8210 contemptH937 on noblesH5081 And 25loosensH7503 the beltH4206 of the strongH650.22He 26revealsH1540 mysteriesH6013 from the darknessH2822 And bringsH3318 the deepH6757 darknessH6757 into lightH216.23He 27makesH7679 the nationsH1471 greatH7679, then destroysH6 them; He 28enlargesH7849 the nationsH1471, then leadsH5148 them away.24He 29deprivesH5493 of intelligenceH3820 the chiefsH7218 of the earth’sH776 peopleH5971 And makes them wanderH8582 in a pathlessH3808 H1870 wasteH8414.25They 30gropeH4959 in darknessH2822 with noH3808 lightH216, And He makes them 31staggerH8582 like a drunkenH7910 manH7910.

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Notes

1. Job 12:11 Job 34:3 ↩
2. Job 12:11 Lit tastes food for itself ↩
3. Job 12:12 Job 15:10; 32:7 ↩
4. Job 12:12 Lit length of days ↩
5. Job 12:13 Job 9:4 ↩
6. Job 12:13 Job 9:4 ↩
7. Job 12:13 Job 11:6; 26:12; 32:8; 36:5; 38:36 ↩
8. Job 12:14 Job 19:10; Is 25:2 ↩
9. Job 12:14 Lit shuts against ↩
10. Job 12:14 Job 37:7 ↩
11. Job 12:14 Lit it is not opened ↩
12. Job 12:15 Deut 11:17; 1 Kin 8:35; 17:1 ↩
13. Job 12:15 Gen 7:11-24 ↩
14. Job 12:15 Lit overturn ↩
15. Job 12:16 Job 13:7, 9 ↩
16. Job 12:17 Job 3:14 ↩
17. Job 12:17 Or stripped ↩
18. Job 12:17 Job 9:24 ↩
19. Job 12:18 Ps 116:16 ↩
20. Job 12:18 Or discipline ↩
21. Job 12:19 Or stripped ↩
22. Job 12:19 Job 24:22; 34:24-28; 35:9 ↩
23. Job 12:20 Job 17:4; 32:9 ↩
24. Job 12:21 Job 34:19; Ps 107:40 ↩
25. Job 12:21 Job 12:18 ↩
26. Job 12:22 Dan 2:22; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩
27. Job 12:23 Is 9:3; 26:15 ↩
28. Job 12:23 Or spreads out ↩
29. Job 12:24 Job 12:20 ↩
30. Job 12:25 Job 5:14 ↩
31. Job 12:25 Is 24:20 ↩

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