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12:1  2 Job accuseth his friends of ignorance. 7 He declareth the might, and power of God. 17 And how he changeth the course of things. Then Job answered, and said,
12:2  Indeed because that ye are the people only, wisdom must die with you.
12:3  But I have understanding as well as you, and am not inferior unto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
12:4  I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he heareth him: the just and the upright is laughed to scorn.
12:5  He that is ready to fall, is as a lamp despised in the opinion of the rich.
12:6  The tabernacles of robbers do prosper, and they are in safety, that provoke God, whom God hath enriched with his hand.
12:7  Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the fowls of the heaven, and they shall tell thee:
12:8  Or speak to the earth, and it shall show thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare unto thee.
12:9  Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hand of the Lord hath made these?
12:10  In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
12:11  Doth not the ears discern the words, and the mouth taste meat for itself?
12:12  Among the ancient is wisdom, and in the length of days is understanding.
12:13  With him is wisdom and strength: he hath counsel and understanding.
12:14  Behold, he will break down, and it cannot be built: he shutteth a man up, and he cannot be loosed.
12:15  Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
12:16  With him is strength and wisdom: he that is deceived, and that deceiveth, are his.
12:17  He causeth the counselors to go as spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
12:18  He looseth the collar of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
12:19  He leadeth away the princes as a prey, and overthroweth the mighty.
12:20  He taketh away the speech from the faithful counselors, and taketh away the judgment of the ancient.
12:21  He poureth contempt upon princes, and maketh the strength of the mighty weak.
12:22  He discovereth the deep places from their darkness, and bringeth forth the shadow of death to light.
12:23  He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in again.
12:24  He taketh away the hearts of them that are the chief over the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wilderness out of the way.
12:25  They grope in the dark without light: and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.