1 Then Job answered and said, ASV — Job 12:1
2 No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. ASV — Job 12:2
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? ASV — Job 12:3
4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. ASV — Job 12:4
5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. ASV — Job 12:5
6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly]. ASV — Job 12:6
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: ASV — Job 12:7
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. ASV — Job 12:8
9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, ASV — Job 12:9
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? ASV — Job 12:10
11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food? ASV — Job 12:11
12 With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding. ASV — Job 12:12
13 With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. ASV — Job 12:13
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. ASV — Job 12:14
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. ASV — Job 12:15
16 With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. ASV — Job 12:16
17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools. ASV — Job 12:17
18 He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle. ASV — Job 12:18
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. ASV — Job 12:19
20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. ASV — Job 12:20
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. ASV — Job 12:21
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. ASV — Job 12:22
23 He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. ASV — Job 12:23
24 He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. ASV — Job 12:24
25 They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. ASV — Job 12:25