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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 counsellers 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.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. Matthew Henry Bible
Commentary
- http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/job/mh/job12.htm
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Overview of Job 12 |
In this and the two following
chapters we have Job's answer to Zophar's discourse, in
which, as before, he first reasons with his friends (see
13:19) and then turns to his God, and directs his
expostulations to him, from thence to the end of his
discourse. In this chapter he addresses himself to his
friends, and,
I. He condemns what they had said of him, and the judgment
they had given of his character (v. 1-5).
II. He contradicts and confronts what they had said of the
destruction of wicked people in this world, showing that
they often prosper (v. 6-11).
III. He consents to what they had said of the wisdom, power,
and sovereignty of God, and the dominion of his providence
over the children of men and all their affairs; he confirms
this, and enlarges upon it (v. 12-25).2
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