Job 12

Job Chides His Accusers

1 Job 12:1 Then Job responded, Favorite Save Copy Share

2 Job 12:2 “Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die! Favorite Save Copy Share

3 Job 12:3 “But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these? Favorite Save Copy Share

4 Job 12:4 “I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke. Favorite Save Copy Share

5 Job 12:5 “He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip. Favorite Save Copy Share

6 Job 12:6 “The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power. Favorite Save Copy Share

7 Job 12:7 “But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. Favorite Save Copy Share

8 Job 12:8 “Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. Favorite Save Copy Share

9 Job 12:9 “Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this, Favorite Save Copy Share

10 Job 12:10 In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? Favorite Save Copy Share

11 Job 12:11 “Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food? Favorite Save Copy Share

12 Job 12:12 “Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding. Favorite Save Copy Share

Job Speaks of the Power of God

13 Job 12:13 “With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding. Favorite Save Copy Share

14 Job 12:14 “Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. Favorite Save Copy Share

15 Job 12:15 “Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth. Favorite Save Copy Share

16 Job 12:16 “With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him. Favorite Save Copy Share

17 Job 12:17 “He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges. Favorite Save Copy Share

18 Job 12:18 “He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle. Favorite Save Copy Share

19 Job 12:19 “He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones. Favorite Save Copy Share

20 Job 12:20 “He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders. Favorite Save Copy Share

21 Job 12:21 “He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong. Favorite Save Copy Share

22 Job 12:22 “He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light. Favorite Save Copy Share

23 Job 12:23 “He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. Favorite Save Copy Share

24 Job 12:24 “He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people And makes them wander in a pathless waste. Favorite Save Copy Share

25 Job 12:25 “They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. Favorite Save Copy Share