Job 12

1 ♥ 📝 T hen Job^H347 answered^H6030 and said,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 No doubt^H551 but ye are the people,^H5971 And wisdom^H2451 shall die^H4191 with you.

3 ♥ 📝 But^H1571 I have understanding^H3824 as well as you; I am not inferior^H5307 to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things^H3644 as these?

4 ♥ 📝 I am as one that is a laughing-stock^H7814 to his neighbor,^H7453 I who called^H7121 upon God,^H433 and he answered:^H6030 The just,^H6662 the perfect^H8549 man is a laughing-stock.^H7814

5 ♥ 📝 In the thought^H6248 of him that is at ease^H7600 there is contempt^H3940 for misfortune;^H937 It is ready^H3559 for them whose foot^H7272 slippeth.^H4571

6 ♥ 📝 The tents^H168 of robbers^H7703 prosper,^H7951 And they that provoke^H7264 God^H410 are secure;^H987 Into whose hand^H3027 God^H433 bringeth^H935 [abundantly].

7 ♥ 📝 But^H199 ask^H7592 now the beasts,^H929 and they shall teach^H3384 thee; And the birds^H5775 of the heavens,^H8064 and they shall tell^H5046 thee:

8 ♥ 📝 Or speak^H7878 to the earth,^H776 and it shall teach^H3384 thee; And the fishes^H1709 of the sea^H3220 shall declare^H5608 unto thee.

9 ♥ 📝 Who knoweth^H3045 not in all these, That the hand^H3027 of Jehovah^H3068 hath wrought^H6213 this,

10 ♥ 📝 In whose hand^H3027 is the soul^H5315 of every living thing,^H2416 And the breath^H7307 of all mankind?^H376

11 ♥ 📝 Doth not the ear^H241 try^H974 words,^H4405 Even as the palate^H2441 tasteth^H2938 its food?^H400

12 ♥ 📝 With aged^H3453 men is wisdom,^H2451 And in length^H753 of days^H3117 understanding.^H8394

13 ♥ 📝 With [God] is wisdom^H2451 and might;^H1369 He hath counsel^H6098 and understanding.^H8394

14 ♥ 📝 Behold, he breaketh down,^H2040 and it cannot be built again;^H1129 He shutteth up^H5462 a man,^H376 and there can be no opening.^H6605

15 ♥ 📝 Behold, he withholdeth^H6113 the waters,^H4325 and they dry up;^H3001 Again, he sendeth them out,^H7971 and they overturn^H2015 the earth.^H776

16 ♥ 📝 With him is strength^H5797 and wisdom;^H8454 The deceived^H7683 and the deceiver^H7686 are his.

17 ♥ 📝 He leadeth^H3212 counsellors^H3289 away stripped,^H7758 And judges^H8199 maketh he fools.^H1984

18 ♥ 📝 He looseth^H6605 the bond^H4148 of kings,^H4428 And he bindeth^H631 their loins^H4975 with a girdle.^H232

19 ♥ 📝 He leadeth^H3212 priests^H3548 away stripped,^H7758 And overthroweth^H5557 the mighty.^H386

20 ♥ 📝 He removeth^H5493 the speech^H8193 of the trusty,^H539 And taketh away^H3947 the understanding^H2940 of the elders.^H2205

21 ♥ 📝 He poureth^H8210 contempt^H937 upon princes,^H5081 And looseth^H7503 the belt^H4206 of the strong.^H4206

22 ♥ 📝 He uncovereth^H1540 deep things^H6013 out of darkness,^H2822 And bringeth out^H3318 to light^H216 the shadow of death.^H6757

23 ♥ 📝 He increaseth^H7679 the nations,^H1471 and he destroyeth^H6 them: He enlargeth^H7849 the nations,^H1471 and he leadeth^H5148 them captive.

24 ♥ 📝 He taketh away^H5493 understanding^H3820 from the chiefs^H7218 of the people^H5971 of the earth,^H776 And causeth them to wander^H8582 in a wilderness^H8414 where there is no way.^H1870

25 ♥ 📝 They grope^H4959 in the dark^H2822 without light;^H216 And he maketh them to stagger^H8582 like a drunken^H7910 man.