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Job 12
Job 12
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
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Then Job answered:
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"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
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I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.
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Those at ease have contempt for misfortune, but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.
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The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hands.
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"But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
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Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
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In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.
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Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
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Is wisdom with the aged, and understanding in length of days?
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"With God are wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.
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If he tears down, no one can rebuild; if he shuts someone in, no one can open up.
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If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
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With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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He leads counselors away stripped, and makes fools of judges.
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He looses the sash of kings, and binds a waistcloth on their loins.
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He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
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He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders.
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He pours contempt on princes, and looses the belt of the strong.
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He uncovers the deeps out of darkness, and brings deep darkness to light.
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He makes nations great, then destroys them; he enlarges nations, then leads them away.
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He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
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They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
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