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Read Job 12

World English Bible · 25 verses

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

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