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12:1  And Job answered and said,
12:2  No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
12:3  But I have a heart as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who shall not be able to say as much again?
12:4  He who invokes God and he answers him is mocked by his friend; the just and perfect man is laughed to scorn.
12:5  The torch is held in low esteem in the thought of him that is prosperous, which was prepared to guard against a slip of the feet.
12:6  The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.
12:7  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the heavens, and they shall show thee;
12:8  or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; the fishes of the sea shall declare it unto thee also.
12:9  What thing of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD made them?
12:10  In his hand is the soul of every living thing and the spirit of all flesh of man.
12:11  Certainly the ear proves words and the mouth tastes foods.
12:12  With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days intelligence.
12:13  With him is wisdom and strength; he has counsel and intelligence.
12:14  Behold, he shall break down, and it shall not be built again; he shall shut up a man, and no one shall be able to open unto him.
12:15  Behold, he shall withhold the waters, and they shall dry up; also he shall send them forth, and they shall destroy the earth.
12:16  With him is strength and existence; he who errs and he who leads astray are his.
12:17  He causes the counsellors to walk away stripped of counsel and makes the judges to be fools.
12:18  He looses the bond of kings and girds their loins with a girdle.
12:19  He leads priests away spoiled and overthrows the mighty.
12:20  He impedes the lips of those that speak the truth and takes away the counsel of the aged.
12:21  He pours contempt upon princes and weakens the strength of the mighty.
12:22  He uncovers the depths of the darkness and brings out to light the shadow of death.
12:23  He multiplies the Gentiles and destroys them; he scatters the Gentiles and gathers them again.
12:24  He takes away the heart of the heads of the people of the earth and causes them to become lost, wandering without a way.
12:25  They grope in the darkness and not the light, and he causes them to err like drunken men.