New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 12:7-25

7“But just ask the animals, and have them teach you; And the birds of the sky, and have them tell you.8Or speak to the earth, and have it teach you; And have the fish of the sea tell you.9Who among all these does not know That 1the hand of the Lord has done this,10 2In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And 3the breath of all mankind?11Does 4the ear not put words to the test, As the palate 5tastes its food?12Wisdom is with the 6aged, And with 7long life comes understanding.

13“8Wisdom and 9might are with Him; Advice and 10understanding belong to Him.14Behold, He 11tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He 12 13imprisons a person, and 14there is no release.15Behold, He 15restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He 16sends them out, and they 17inundate the earth.16Strength and sound wisdom are with Him. One who 18goes astray and one who leads astray belong to Him.17He makes 19advisers walk 20barefoot And makes fools of 21judges.18He 22undoes the binding of kings, And ties a loincloth around their waist.19He makes priests walk 23barefoot, And overthrows 24the secure ones.20He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And 25takes away the discernment of the elders.21He 26pours contempt on nobles, And 27loosens the belt of the strong.22He 28reveals mysteries from the darkness, And brings the deep darkness into light.23He 29makes the nations great, then destroys them; He 30enlarges the nations, then leads them away.24He 31deprives the leaders of the earth’s people of 32intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.25They 33grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them 34stagger like a drunken person.

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Notes

1. Job 12:9 Is 41:20 ↩
2. Job 12:10 Acts 17:28 ↩
3. Job 12:10 Job 27:3; 33:4 ↩
4. Job 12:11 Job 34:3 ↩
5. Job 12:11 Lit tastes food for itself ↩
6. Job 12:12 Job 15:10; 32:7 ↩
7. Job 12:12 Lit length of days ↩
8. Job 12:13 Job 9:4 ↩
9. Job 12:13 Job 9:4 ↩
10. Job 12:13 Job 11:6; 26:12; 32:8; 36:5; 38:36 ↩
11. Job 12:14 Job 19:10; Is 25:2 ↩
12. Job 12:14 Lit shuts against ↩
13. Job 12:14 Job 37:7 ↩
14. Job 12:14 Lit it is not opened ↩
15. Job 12:15 Deut 11:17; 1 Kin 8:35; 17:1 ↩
16. Job 12:15 Gen 7:11-24 ↩
17. Job 12:15 Lit overturn ↩
18. Job 12:16 Job 13:7, 9 ↩
19. Job 12:17 Job 3:14 ↩
20. Job 12:17 Or stripped ↩
21. Job 12:17 Job 9:24 ↩
22. Job 12:18 Ps 116:16 ↩
23. Job 12:19 Or stripped ↩
24. Job 12:19 Job 24:22; 34:24-28; 35:9 ↩
25. Job 12:20 Job 17:4; 32:9 ↩
26. Job 12:21 Job 34:19; Ps 107:40 ↩
27. Job 12:21 Job 12:18 ↩
28. Job 12:22 Dan 2:22; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩
29. Job 12:23 Is 9:3; 26:15 ↩
30. Job 12:23 Or spreads out ↩
31. Job 12:24 Job 12:20 ↩
32. Job 12:24 Lit heart ↩
33. Job 12:25 Job 5:14 ↩
34. Job 12:25 Is 24:20 ↩

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