New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 12:12-25

12WisdomH2451 is with 1agedH3453 menH3453, With 2longH753 lifeH3117 is understandingH8394.

13“With Him are 3wisdomH2451 and 4mightH1369; To Him belong counselH6098 and 5understandingH8394.14BeholdH2005, He 6tearsH2040 downH2040, and it cannotH3808 be rebuiltH1129; He 7 8imprisonsH5462 a manH376, and 9there can be noH3808 releaseH6605.15BeholdH2005, He 10restrainsH6113 the watersH4325, and they dryH3001 up; And He 11sendsH7971 them out, and they 12inundateH2015 the earthH776.16With Him are strengthH5797 and soundH8454 wisdomH8454, The 13misledH7683 and the misleaderH7686 belong to Him.17He makes 14counselorsH3289 walkH1980 15barefootH7758 And makesH1984 foolsH1984 of 16judgesH8199.18He 17loosensH6605 the 18bondH4147 of kingsH4428 And bindsH631 their loinsH4975 with a girdleH232.19He makes priestsH3548 walkH1980 19barefootH7758 And overthrowsH5557 20the secureH386 onesH386.20He deprivesH5493 the trustedH539 ones of speechH8193 And 21takesH3947 away the discernmentH2940 of the eldersH2205.21He 22poursH8210 contemptH937 on noblesH5081 And 23loosensH7503 the beltH4206 of the strongH650.22He 24revealsH1540 mysteriesH6013 from the darknessH2822 And bringsH3318 the deepH6757 darknessH6757 into lightH216.23He 25makesH7679 the nationsH1471 greatH7679, then destroysH6 them; He 26enlargesH7849 the nationsH1471, then leadsH5148 them away.24He 27deprivesH5493 of intelligenceH3820 the chiefsH7218 of the earth’sH776 peopleH5971 And makes them wanderH8582 in a pathlessH3808 H1870 wasteH8414.25They 28gropeH4959 in darknessH2822 with noH3808 lightH216, And He makes them 29staggerH8582 like a drunkenH7910 manH7910.

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Notes

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

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