Job 12:2-12

2“No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!

3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?

4“I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

5A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.

6The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand.

7“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you.

9Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this,

10In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

11Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?

12Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.