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Job 12 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Job Chides His Accusers

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:1 - Then Job [fn]responded,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:2 - “Truly then you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:3 - “But I have intelligence as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
And [fn]who does not know such things as these?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - “I am a joke to [fn]my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and blameless man is a joke.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - [fn]He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - “The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,
[fn]Whom God brings into their power.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 - “But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - “Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you;
And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:9 - “Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the LORD has done this,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:10 - In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - “Does not the ear test words,
As the palate [fn]tastes its food?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:12 - “Wisdom is with aged men,
With [fn]long life is understanding.

Job Speaks of the Power of God

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13 - “With Him are wisdom and might;
To Him belong counsel and understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - “Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He [fn]imprisons a man, and [fn]there can be no release.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - “Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He sends them out, and they [fn]inundate the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:16 - “With Him are strength and sound wisdom,
The misled and the misleader belong to Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:17 - “He makes counselors walk [fn]barefoot
And makes fools of judges.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 - “He loosens the [fn]bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:19 - “He makes priests walk [fn]barefoot
And overthrows the secure ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - “He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - “He pours contempt on nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - “He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:23 - “He makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He [fn]enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - “He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - “They grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: answered and said
Literally: with whom is there not like these?
Literally: his
Literally: Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease
Or, He who brings God into his hand
Literally: tastes food for itself
Literally: length of days
Literally: shuts against
Literally: it is not opened
Literally: overturn
Or, stripped
Or, discipline
Or, stripped
Or, spreads out
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New American Standard Bible 1995
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