New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 12:11-25
11Does 1the ear not put words to the test, As the palate 2tastes its food?12Wisdom is with the 3aged, And with 4long life comes understanding.
13“5Wisdom and 6might are with Him; Advice and 7understanding belong to Him.14Behold, He 8tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He 910imprisons a person, and 11there is no release.15Behold, He 12restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He 13sends them out, and they 14inundate the earth.16Strength and sound wisdom are with Him. One who 15goes astray and one who leads astray belong to Him.17He makes 16advisers walk 17barefoot And makes fools of 18judges.18He 19undoes the binding of kings, And ties a loincloth around their waist.19He makes priests walk 20barefoot, And overthrows 21the secure ones.20He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And 22takes away the discernment of the elders.21He 23pours contempt on nobles, And 24loosens the belt of the strong.22He 25reveals mysteries from the darkness, And brings the deep darkness into light.23He 26makes the nations great, then destroys them; He 27enlarges the nations, then leads them away.24He 28deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of 29intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.25They 30grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them 31stagger like a drunken person.
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 12:19 Or stripped ↩
- 21. Job 12:19 Job 24:22; 34:24-28; 35:9 ↩
- 22. Job 12:20 Job 17:4; 32:9 ↩
- 23. Job 12:21 Job 34:19; Ps 107:40 ↩
- 24. Job 12:21 Job 12:18 ↩
- 25. Job 12:22 Dan 2:22; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩
- 26. Job 12:23 Is 9:3; 26:15 ↩
- 27. Job 12:23 Or spreads out ↩
- 28. Job 12:24 Job 12:20 ↩
- 29. Job 12:24 Lit heart ↩
- 30. Job 12:25 Job 5:14 ↩
- 31. Job 12:25 Is 24:20 ↩
Commentaries on Job 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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