nkjv - Job:12-14

nkjv@Job:12:1 @ Then Job answered and said:

nkjv@Job:12:2 @ "No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!

nkjv@Job:12:3 @ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?

nkjv@Job:12:4 @ "I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

nkjv@Job:12:5 @ A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.

nkjv@Job:12:6 @ The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure-- In what God provides by His hand.

nkjv@Job:12:7 @ "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

nkjv@Job:12:8 @ Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you.

nkjv@Job:12:9 @ Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this,

nkjv@Job:12:10 @ In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

nkjv@Job:12:11 @ Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?

nkjv@Job:12:12 @ Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.

nkjv@Job:12:13 @ "With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

nkjv@Job:12:14 @ If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.

nkjv@Job:12:15 @ If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

nkjv@Job:12:16 @ With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

nkjv@Job:12:17 @ He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges.

nkjv@Job:12:18 @ He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt.

nkjv@Job:12:19 @ He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.

nkjv@Job:12:20 @ He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.

nkjv@Job:12:21 @ He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.

nkjv@Job:12:22 @ He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.

nkjv@Job:12:23 @ He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.

nkjv@Job:12:24 @ He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

nkjv@Job:12:25 @ They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

nkjv@Job:13:1 @ "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.

nkjv@Job:13:2 @ What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

nkjv@Job:13:3 @ But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

nkjv@Job:13:4 @ But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians.

nkjv@Job:13:5 @ Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!

nkjv@Job:13:6 @ Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings of my lips.

nkjv@Job:13:7 @ Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?

nkjv@Job:13:8 @ Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?

nkjv@Job:13:9 @ Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?

nkjv@Job:13:10 @ He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality.

nkjv@Job:13:11 @ Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall upon you?

nkjv@Job:13:12 @ Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

nkjv@Job:13:13 @ "Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what may!

nkjv@Job:13:14 @ Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hands?

nkjv@Job:13:15 @ Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.

nkjv@Job:13:16 @ He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.

nkjv@Job:13:17 @ Listen carefully to my speech, And to my declaration with your ears.

nkjv@Job:13:18 @ See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.

nkjv@Job:13:19 @ Who is he who will contend with me? If now I hold my tongue, I perish.

nkjv@Job:13:20 @ "Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide myself from You:

nkjv@Job:13:21 @ Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me afraid.

nkjv@Job:13:22 @ Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then You respond to me.

nkjv@Job:13:23 @ How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.

nkjv@Job:13:24 @ Why do You hide Your face, And regard me as Your enemy?

nkjv@Job:13:25 @ Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble?

nkjv@Job:13:26 @ For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

nkjv@Job:13:27 @ You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

nkjv@Job:13:28 @ "Man decays like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

nkjv@Job:14:1 @ "Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.

nkjv@Job:14:2 @ He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

nkjv@Job:14:3 @ And do You open Your eyes on such a one, And bring me to judgment with Yourself?

nkjv@Job:14:4 @ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!

nkjv@Job:14:5 @ Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.

nkjv@Job:14:6 @ Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day.

nkjv@Job:14:7 @ "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.

nkjv@Job:14:8 @ Though its root may grow old in the earth, And its stump may die in the ground,

nkjv@Job:14:9 @ Yet at the scent of water it will bud And bring forth branches like a plant.

nkjv@Job:14:10 @ But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he?

nkjv@Job:14:11 @ As water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dries up,

nkjv@Job:14:12 @ So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.

nkjv@Job:14:13 @ "Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

nkjv@Job:14:14 @ If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes.

nkjv@Job:14:15 @ You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands.

nkjv@Job:14:16 @ For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin.

nkjv@Job:14:17 @ My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my iniquity.

nkjv@Job:14:18 @ "But as a mountain falls and crumbles away, And as a rock is moved from its place;

nkjv@Job:14:19 @ As water wears away stones, And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth; So You destroy the hope of man.

nkjv@Job:14:20 @ You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

nkjv@Job:14:21 @ His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

nkjv@Job:14:22 @ But his flesh will be in pain over it, And his soul will mourn over it."

nkjv@Job:15:1 @ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: