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Job 12

New American Standard Bible 2020

Job Chides His Accusers

1Then JobH347 respondedH6030H559,2“TrulyH551 thenH3588 1you are the peopleH5971, And with you wisdomH2451 will dieH4191!3But 2I have intelligenceH3824 asH1571 wellH1571 as you; I am not inferiorH5307 to you. And 3whoH4310 does not knowH854 suchH3644 things as theseH428?4I amH1961 a 4jokeH7814 to 5my friendsH7453, The one who calledH7121 on GodH433 and He answeredH6030 him; The justH6662 and 6blamelessH8549 man is a jokeH7814.57He who is atH7600 easeH7600 holdsH6248 disasterH6365 in contemptH937, As preparedH3559 for those whose feetH7272 slipH4571.6The 8tentsH168 of the destroyersH7703 prosperH7951, And those who provokeH7264 GodH410 9are secureH987, 10WhomH834 GodH433 bringsH935 11into their powerH3027.

7“But justH4994 askH7592 the animalsH929, and have them teachH3384 you; And the birdsH5775 of the skyH8064, and have them tellH5046 you.8OrH176 speakH7878 to the earthH776, and have it teachH3384 you; And have the fishH1709 of the seaH3220 tellH5608 you.9WhoH4310 among allH3605 theseH428 does not knowH3045 That 12the handH3027 of the LordH3068 has doneH6213 thisH2088,1013In whoseH834 handH3027 is the lifeH5315 of everyH3605 livingH2416 thingH2416, And 14the breathH7307 of allH3605 mankindH376H1320?11Does 15the earH241 not putH974 wordsH4405 toH974 theH974 testH974, As the palateH2441 16tastesH2938 its foodH400?12WisdomH2451 is with the 17agedH3453, And with 18longH753 lifeH3117 comes understandingH8394.

Job Speaks of the Power of God

13“19WisdomH2451 and 20mightH1369 are with Him; AdviceH6098 and 21understandingH8394 belong to Him.14BeholdH2005, He 22tearsH2040 downH2040, and it cannotH3808 be rebuiltH1129; He 2324imprisonsH5462 a personH376, and 25there is noH3808 releaseH6605.15BeholdH2005, He 26restrainsH6113 the watersH4325, and they dryH3001 upH3001; And He 27sendsH7971 them outH7971, and they 28inundateH2015 the earthH776.16StrengthH5797 and soundH8454 wisdomH8454 are with Him. One who 29goesH7683 astrayH7683 and one who leadsH7686 astrayH7686 belong to Him.17He makes 30advisersH3289 walkH1980 31barefootH7758 And makesH1984 foolsH1984 of 32judgesH8199.18He 33undoesH6605 the bindingH4147 of kingsH4428, And tiesH631 a loinclothH232 around their waistH4975.19He makes priestsH3548 walkH1980 34barefootH7758, And overthrowsH5557 35the secureH386 onesH386.20He deprivesH5493 the trustedH539 ones of speechH8193, And 36takesH3947 away the discernmentH2940 of the eldersH2205.21He 37poursH8210 contemptH937 on noblesH5081, And 38loosensH7503 the beltH4206 of the strongH650.22He 39revealsH1540 mysteriesH6013 from the darknessH2822, And bringsH3318 the deepH6757 darknessH6757 into lightH216.23He 40makesH7679 the nationsH1471 greatH7679, then destroysH6 them; He 41enlargesH7849 the nationsH1471, then leadsH5148 them away.24He 42deprivesH5493 the leadersH7218 of the earth’sH776 peopleH5971 of 43intelligenceH3820 And makes them wanderH8582 in a pathlessH3808H1870 wastelandH8414.25They 44gropeH4959 in darknessH2822 with noH3808 lightH216, And He makes them 45staggerH8582 like a drunkenH7910 personH7910.

Notes

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

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