Job 12

1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. ‡ Isa 5:211Co 4:101Co 6:5Job 11:12Job 11:2Job 11:6Job 15:2Job 17:10 +63 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? ^{1 3 2} ‡ Job 13:2-52Co 11:21-23Pro 26:42Co 11:5Job 26:2-3Job 6:6-7 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. ‡ Job 30:1Job 17:6Job 21:3Psa 91:15Jer 33:3Job 16:10Job 17:2Psa 22:7-8 +115 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. ‡ Mat 25:8Pro 13:9Psa 17:5Amo 6:1-6Deu 32:35Jer 13:16Job 16:4Job 18:5 +6

6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. ‡ Job 9:24Psa 73:11-12Job 21:7-15Psa 17:14Psa 37:1Psa 37:35Jer 5:27Job 22:18 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: ‡ Isa 1:3Jer 8:7Pro 6:6Job 21:29-30 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? ‡ Isa 41:20Jer 27:5-6Rom 11:361Sa 2:7Act 19:35Dan 9:17Dan 5:18Deu 8:17-18 +310 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. ^{4 5} ‡ Act 17:28Job 33:4Act 17:25Job 27:3Num 16:22Dan 5:23Psa 146:3-4Jhn 3:6 +411 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? ⁶ ‡ Job 34:3Heb 5:141Pe 2:3Job 6:30Php 1:101Co 10:15

12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. ‡ Job 32:7Job 15:10Job 8:8 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. ⁷ ‡ Job 36:5Job 9:4Pro 2:6-7Jas 1:5Job 28:20-28Dan 2:20Eph 1:11Pro 8:14 +1314 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. ⁸ ‡ Isa 22:22Rev 3:7Job 11:10Mal 1:41Sa 17:461Sa 26:8Jer 51:58Job 16:11 +815 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. ‡ 1Ki 17:1Amo 5:81Ki 8:35-36Gen 6:13Gen 6:17Gen 7:11Jas 5:17-18Jer 14:22 +616 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. ‡ 1Ki 22:22-23Ezk 14:9Job 12:13Job 13:9Job 13:7Mat 6:13 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. ‡ Isa 29:141Co 1:19-202Sa 17:232Sa 15:312Sa 17:14Isa 19:12-14Job 3:14Job 9:24 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. ‡ Dan 2:21Psa 116:162Ch 33:11-14Jer 52:31-34Rev 19:16 19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. ‡ Isa 37:36-38Isa 45:11Sa 17:45-46Job 24:22Job 34:28Job 35:9Jos 10:24Jos 10:42 +220 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. ⁹ ‡ Job 32:9Job 17:4Job 12:24Isa 3:1-3Job 39:17Pro 10:21Pro 12:19Pro 12:22 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. ¹⁰ ‡ Psa 107:401Ki 21:23-242Ki 9:262Ki 9:34-37Act 12:23Dan 2:21-22Dan 4:32-33Eph 6:10 +1022 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. ‡ Dan 2:221Co 4:51Co 2:10Job 3:5Luk 1:79Amo 5:8Mat 10:26Job 28:20-23 +623 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. ¹¹ ‡ Isa 9:3Isa 26:15Isa 60:22Psa 107:38Exo 1:20Exo 1:7Isa 27:6Isa 51:2 +324 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. ‡ Psa 107:40Job 12:20Hos 7:11Dan 4:16Dan 4:33Isa 19:1Isa 6:9-10Job 17:4 +125 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. ¹² ‡ Job 5:14Psa 107:27Isa 24:20Isa 19:141Jn 2:11Deu 28:29Gen 19:11Isa 59:10 +1