1 Then Job answered, NHEB — Job 12:1
2 "No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. NHEB — Job 12:2
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these? NHEB — Job 12:3
4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. NHEB — Job 12:4
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips. NHEB — Job 12:5
6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands. NHEB — Job 12:6
7 "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. NHEB — Job 12:7
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you. NHEB — Job 12:8
9 Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of the LORD has done this, NHEB — Job 12:9
10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all humankind? NHEB — Job 12:10
11 Doesn't the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food? NHEB — Job 12:11
12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding. NHEB — Job 12:12
13 "With him is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding. NHEB — Job 12:13
14 Look, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. NHEB — Job 12:14
15 Look, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. NHEB — Job 12:15
16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his. NHEB — Job 12:16
17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools. NHEB — Job 12:17
18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt. NHEB — Job 12:18
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty. NHEB — Job 12:19
20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders. NHEB — Job 12:20
21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong. NHEB — Job 12:21
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. NHEB — Job 12:22
23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive. NHEB — Job 12:23
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. NHEB — Job 12:24
25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man. NHEB — Job 12:25