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12:1  Then Job answered,
12:2  “No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
12:3  But I have understanding as well as you. I am not less than you. Who does not know such things as these?
12:4  Even my friends laugh at me. The man who called on God, and God answered him, the man who is right and without blame is laughed at.
12:5  He who lives in comfort laughs at one who has trouble and whose feet are slipping.
12:6  The tents of those who destroy have much. Those who make God angry are safe and have their god in their own hands.
12:7  “But ask the wild animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
12:8  Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you. Let the fish of the sea make it known to you.
12:9  Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?
12:10  In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all men.
12:11  Does not the ear test words as the mouth tastes food?
12:12  Wisdom is with old men, and understanding with long life.
12:13  “With God are wisdom and strength. Wise words and understanding belong to Him.
12:14  See, He tears down, and it cannot be built again. He puts a man in prison, and no one can free him.
12:15  See, He stops the waters and they dry up. He sends them out, and they cover the earth.
12:16  Strength and wisdom are with Him. Both the fool and the one who fools him belong to God.
12:17  He takes wisdom away from leaders and makes fools of judges.
12:18  He takes off chains put on by kings, and holds back the power of kings.
12:19  He makes religious leaders walk without pride, and takes the power away from those who think they are safe.
12:20  He stops the trusted ones from speaking and takes away the wisdom of the leaders.
12:21  He pours anger on rulers, and takes away the strength of the strong.
12:22  He makes known hidden truth from the darkness, and brings deep darkness to light.
12:23  He makes the nations great, and then destroys them. He helps nations to become large, then leads them away.
12:24  He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth, and makes them travel in a waste-land with no path.
12:25  They feel their way in darkness with no light. And He makes them walk from side to side like a drunk man.