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12:1  And Iyov answered and said,
12:2  Doubtless then ye are the people, and chochmah shall die with you.
12:3  But I have levav (understanding) as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
12:4  I am as a laughingstock to his neighbor: The man who calleth upon Eloah [they say of me], and He answereth him! [To them I am] a laughingstock, the tzaddik, the tamim (blameless one)!
12:5  Those at ease have buz (contempt) for a downfall which awaits the one whose regel is slipping.
12:6  The ohalim of shodedim (robbers) remain in peace; they that defy El are secure, who Eloah brought forth by His yad.
12:7  But ask now the behemot, and they shall teach thee, and the oph haShomayim (birds of the air), and they shall tell thee;
12:8  Or speak to ha’aretz, and it shall teach thee; and the dagim of the yam shall declare unto thee.
12:9  Of all of these, who lacketh da’as that the yad Hashem hath wrought this?
12:10  In whose yad is the nefesh of every living thing, and the ruach of kol basar ish.
12:11  Doth not the ozen (ear) test words? And the mouth tastes its ochel?
12:12  With the ancient ones is chochmah; and in orech yamim (length of days) is binah (understanding).
12:13  With Him is chochmah and gevurah; He hath etzah and understanding.
12:14  See, what He tears down cannot be reconstructed; He shutteth up an ish, and there can be no prison release.
12:15  See, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn eretz.
12:16  With Him is oz (strength) and tushiyyah (true wisdom); the deceived and the deceiver are His.
12:17  He leadeth yoatzim (counsellors) away stripped, and maketh the shofetim (judges) fools.
12:18  He looseth the shackle of melachim (kings), and girdeth their loins with loincloth.
12:19  He leadeth kohanim away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
12:20  He removeth the speech of the ne’emanim (trusted ones), and taketh away the understanding of the zekenim.
12:21  He poureth buz (contempt) upon nobles, and loosens the belt of the mighty.
12:22  He uncovers the depths of choshech, and bringeth tzalmavet to light.
12:23  He giveth prosperity to the Goyim, and then destroyeth them; He enlargeth them, and then carrieth the Goyim away.
12:24  He taketh away the lev (understanding) of the Rashei Am HaAretz, and sendeth them to tohu lo derech (trackless wilderness).
12:25  They grope in the choshech without ohr, and He maketh them to stagger like a shikkor (drunken man).