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Chapter 12
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And Job answered and said, |
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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 mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon
God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed
to scorn. |
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He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp
despised in the thought of him that is at ease. |
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The tabernacles 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 fowls of the air, 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 the LORD
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? and the mouth taste his
meat? |
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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. |
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With him is wisdom and strength, 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:
also 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 spoiled, and maketh the
judges fools. |
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He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins
with a girdle. |
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the
mighty. |
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He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh
away the understanding of the aged. |
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the
strength of the mighty. |
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He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth
out to light the shadow of death. |
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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he
enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. |
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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. |
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They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh
them to stagger like a drunken man. |
