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Job 12 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1 - Then Job answered and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:2 -
No doubt but ye are the people,
And wisdom shall die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you:
Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor,
I who called upon God, and he answered:
The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
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In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
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The tents of robbers prosper,
And they that provoke God are secure;
Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee;
And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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Who knoweth not in all these,
That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
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In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
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Doth not the ear try words,
Even as the palate tasteth its food?
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With aged men is wisdom,
And in length of days understanding.

Job Speaks of the Power of God

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With God is wisdom and might;
He hath counsel and understanding.
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Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again;
He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;
Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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With him is strength and wisdom;
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
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He leadeth counsellors away stripped,
And judges maketh he fools.
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He looseth the bond of kings,
And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
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He leadeth priests away stripped,
And overthroweth the mighty.
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He removeth the speech of the trusty,
And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
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He poureth contempt upon princes,
And looseth the belt of the strong.
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He uncovereth deep things out of darkness,
And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them:
He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
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He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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They grope in the dark without light;
And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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