Job 12:1 -> And Job answered and said,

Job 12:2 -> No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Job 12:3 -> But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

Job 12:4 -> I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Job 12:5 -> He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Job 12:6 -> The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Job 12:7 -> But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

Job 12:8 -> Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Job 12:9 -> Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

Job 12:10 -> In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:11 -> Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

Job 12:12 -> With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Job 12:13 -> With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Job 12:14 -> Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Job 12:15 -> Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Job 12:16 -> With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Job 12:17 -> He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

Job 12:18 -> He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

Job 12:19 -> He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

Job 12:20 -> He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Job 12:21 -> He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

Job 12:22 -> He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 12:23 -> He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

Job 12:24 -> He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Job 12:25 -> They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.