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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 understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
12:4  I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and He answereth him; the just and upright man is laughed to scorn.
12:5  He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
12:6  The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
12:7  “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee.
12:8  Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
12:9  Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this,
12:10  in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
12:11  Doth not the ear test words, and the mouth taste his meat?
12:12  With the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days, understanding.
12:13  “With Him are wisdom and strength; He hath counsel and understanding.
12:14  Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
12:15  Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
12:16  With Him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
12:17  He leadeth counselors away despoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
12:18  He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
12:19  He leadeth princes away despoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
12:20  He removeth away the speech of the trusted, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
12:21  He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
12:22  He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
12:23  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
12:24  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.
12:25  They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.