Job:12

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* Then Job answered and said : * "No doubt you are the people , And wisdom will die with you ! * But I have understanding as well as you ; I am not inferior to you . Indeed , who does not know such things as these ? * "I am one mocked by his friends , Who called on God , and He answered him , The just and blameless who is ridiculed . * A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease ; It is made ready for those whose feet slip . * The tents of robbers prosper , And those who provoke God are secure -- In what God provides by His hand . * "But now ask the beasts , and they will teach you ; And the birds of the air , and they will tell you ; * Or speak to the earth , and it will teach you ; And the fish of the sea will explain to you . * Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this , * In whose hand is the life of every living thing , And the breath of all mankind ? * Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food ? * Wisdom is with aged men , And with length of days , understanding . * "With Him are wisdom and strength , He has counsel and understanding . * If He breaks a thing down , it cannot be rebuilt ; If He imprisons a man , there can be no release . * If He withholds the waters , they dry up ; If He sends them out , they overwhelm the earth . * With Him are strength and prudence . The deceived and the deceiver are His . * He leads counselors away plundered , And makes fools of the judges . * He loosens the bonds of kings , And binds their waist with a belt . * He leads princes away plundered , And overthrows the mighty . * He deprives the trusted ones of speech , And takes away the discernment of the elders . * He pours contempt on princes , And disarms the mighty . * He uncovers deep things out of darkness , And brings the shadow of death to light . * He makes nations great , and destroys them ; He enlarges nations , and guides them . * He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth , And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness . * They grope in the dark without light , And He makes them stagger like a drunken man .

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