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12 : 1 Then Job answered and said:
12 : 2 No doubt you are the people,and wisdom will die with you.
12 : 3 But I haveunderstanding as well as you;I am not inferior to you.Who does not knowsuch things as these?
12 : 4 I ama laughingstock to my friends;I, whocalled to God and he answered me,a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
12 : 5 In the thought of one who isat ease there is contempt for misfortune;it is ready for those whose feet slip.
12 : 6 The tents of robbers are at peace,and those who provoke God are secure,who bring their god in their hand.
12 : 7 But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
12 : 8 or the bushes of the earth,and they will teach you;and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
12 : 9 Who among all these does not knowthatthe hand of theLordhas done this?
12 : 10 Inhis hand is the life of every living thingand the breath of all mankind.
12 : 11 Does notthe ear test wordsas the palate tastes food?
12 : 12 Wisdom is withthe aged,and understanding in length of days.
12 : 13 With Godare wisdom and might;he has counsel and understanding.
12 : 14 If he tears down, none can rebuild;if heshuts a man in, none can open.
12 : 15 If hewithholds the waters, they dry up;if hesends them out, they overwhelm the land.
12 : 16 With him are strength andsound wisdom;the deceived and the deceiver are his.
12 : 17 He leadscounselors away stripped,andjudges he makes fools.
12 : 18 Helooses the bonds of kingsand binds a waistcloth on their hips.
12 : 19 He leads priests away strippedand overthrows the mighty.
12 : 20 He deprives of speech those who are trustedand takes away the discernment of the elders.
12 : 21 Hepours contempt on princesand loosens the belt of the strong.
12 : 22 Heuncovers the deeps out of darknessand bringsdeep darkness to light.
12 : 23 Hemakes nations great, and he destroys them;he enlarges nations, andleads them away.
12 : 24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earthandmakes them wander in a trackless waste.
12 : 25 Theygrope in the dark without light,and he makes themstagger like a drunken man.