Job:12

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* And Job answered and said , * For truly you [are ] the people , and wisdom will die with you . * But I have understanding as well as you ; I do not fall [short ] of you ; yes , who does not know such things as these ? * I [am ] a laughing-stock to his friends ; who calls on God , and He answers him ; the just , the upright one [is ] a mockery ; * a flaming brand despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure ; [it is ] ready for those with slipping feet . * The tents of robbers are at peace , and those who provoke God [are ] secure , in whatever God brings to their hand . * But now ask the animals , and they shall teach you ; and the birds of the air , and they shall tell you ; * or speak to the earth , and it shall teach you ; and the fish of the sea shall declare [it ] to you ; * who of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this ? * In whose hand [is ] the soul of every living thing , and the breath of all flesh , [even ] of man ? * Does not the ear try words ? And does not the mouth taste its food ? * With the aged [is ] wisdom , and understanding in length of days . * With Him [is ] wisdom and strength ; He has wisdom and understanding . * Behold , He breaks down , and it can not be built up again ; He shuts up a man , and no one opens . * Behold , He withholds the waters , and they dry up ; also He sends them out , and they overturn the earth . * With Him [is ] strength and sound wisdom ; the deceived and the deceiver [are ] His . * He leads wise men away stripped , and makes the judges fools . * He cuts away the bonds of kings , and binds their loins with a girdle . * He leads priests away stripped , and overthrows the mighty . * [He ] removes the speech of the men of trust , and takes away the understanding of the aged . * He pours scorn on princes , and unties the belt of the mighty . * He discovers deep things out of darkness , and brings the shadow of death to light . * He gives greatness to the nations , and destroys them . He spreads out the nations , and leads them away . * He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land , and causes them to wander in a wilderness [where there is ] no path . * They grope in the dark without light , and He makes them to stagger like [a ] drunkard .

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