New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 12:11-25

11Does 1the earH241 not putH974 wordsH4405 toH974 theH974 testH974, As the palateH2441 2tastesH2938 its foodH400?12WisdomH2451 is with the 3agedH3453, And with 4longH753 lifeH3117 comes understandingH8394.

13“5WisdomH2451 and 6mightH1369 are with Him; AdviceH6098 and 7understandingH8394 belong to Him.14BeholdH2005, He 8tearsH2040 downH2040, and it cannotH3808 be rebuiltH1129; He 9 10imprisonsH5462 a personH376, and 11there is noH3808 releaseH6605.15BeholdH2005, He 12restrainsH6113 the watersH4325, and they dryH3001 upH3001; And He 13sendsH7971 them outH7971, and they 14inundateH2015 the earthH776.16StrengthH5797 and soundH8454 wisdomH8454 are with Him. One who 15goesH7683 astrayH7683 and one who leadsH7686 astrayH7686 belong to Him.17He makes 16advisersH3289 walkH1980 17barefootH7758 And makesH1984 foolsH1984 of 18judgesH8199.18He 19undoesH6605 the bindingH4147 of kingsH4428, And tiesH631 a loinclothH232 around their waistH4975.19He makes priestsH3548 walkH1980 20barefootH7758, And overthrowsH5557 21the secureH386 onesH386.20He deprivesH5493 the trustedH539 ones of speechH8193, And 22takesH3947 away the discernmentH2940 of the eldersH2205.21He 23poursH8210 contemptH937 on noblesH5081, And 24loosensH7503 the beltH4206 of the strongH650.22He 25revealsH1540 mysteriesH6013 from the darknessH2822, And bringsH3318 the deepH6757 darknessH6757 into lightH216.23He 26makesH7679 the nationsH1471 greatH7679, then destroysH6 them; He 27enlargesH7849 the nationsH1471, then leadsH5148 them away.24He 28deprivesH5493 the leadersH7218 of the earth’sH776 peopleH5971 of 29intelligenceH3820 And makes them wanderH8582 in a pathlessH3808 H1870 wastelandH8414.25They 30gropeH4959 in darknessH2822 with noH3808 lightH216, And He makes them 31staggerH8582 like a drunkenH7910 personH7910.

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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 12:19 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 ↩

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