King James VersionJob12

Job

1 And Job an­swered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the peo­ple, and wis­dom shall die with you. 3 But I have un­der­stand­ing as well as you; I am not in­fe­ri­or to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 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. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp de­spised in the thought of him that is at ease. 6 The taber­na­cles of rob­bers pros­per, and they that pro­voke God are se­cure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fish­es of the sea shall de­clare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of ev­ery liv­ing thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12 With the an­cient is wis­dom; and in length of days un­der­stand­ing. 13 With him is wis­dom and strength, he hath coun­sel and un­der­stand­ing. 14 Be­hold, he breaketh down, and it can­not be built again: he shut­teth up a man, and there can be no open­ing. 15 Be­hold, he with­hold­eth the wa­ters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they over­turn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wis­dom: the de­ceived and the de­ceiv­er are his. 17 He lead­eth coun­sel­lors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and gird­eth their loins with a gir­dle. 19 He lead­eth princes away spoiled, and over­throweth the mighty. 20 He re­moveth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the un­der­stand­ing of the aged. 21 He poureth con­tempt upon princes, and weak­eneth the strength of the mighty. 22 He dis­cov­ereth deep things out of dark­ness, and bringeth out to light the shad­ow of death. 23 He in­creaseth the na­tions, and de­stroyeth them: he en­largeth the na­tions, and strait­eneth them again. 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. 25 They grope in the dark with­out light, and he maketh them to stag­ger like a drunk­en man.

King James VersionJob12