Job Chapter 12 (NIV)
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“Doubtless you are the people,and wisdom will die with you!
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But I have a mind as well as you;I am not inferior to you.Who does not know all these things?
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“I have become a laughingstock to my friends,though I called upon God and he answered—a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
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Men at ease have contempt for misfortuneas the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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The tents of marauders are undisturbed,and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
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“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,or let the fish of the sea inform you.
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Which of all these does not knowthat the hand of the Lord has done this?
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In his hand is the life of every creatureand the breath of all mankind.
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Does not the ear test wordsas the tongue tastes food?
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Is not wisdom found among the aged?Does not long life bring understanding?
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“To God belong wisdom and power;counsel and understanding are his.
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What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;the man he imprisons cannot be released.
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If he holds back the waters, there is drought;if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
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To him belong strength and victory;both deceived and deceiver are his.
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He leads counselors away strippedand makes fools of judges.
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He takes off the shackles put on by kingsand ties a loincloth around their waist.
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He leads priests away strippedand overthrows men long established.
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He silences the lips of trusted advisersand takes away the discernment of elders.
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He pours contempt on noblesand disarms the mighty.
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He reveals the deep things of darknessand brings deep shadows into the light.
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He makes nations great, and destroys them;he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
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He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.
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They grope in darkness with no light;he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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