Job 12:7-16

7“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

8Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish in the sea speak to you.

9For they all know that my disaster has come from the hand of the Lord.

10For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being.

11The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.

12Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old.

13“But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are his.

14What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.

15If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert. If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.

16Yes, strength and wisdom are his; deceivers and deceived are both in his power.