{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":12,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/11","next":"job/13","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Job answered:","f":[],"h":"Job Presents His Case","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Truly then you are the people with [whom] wisdom [itself] will die!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Truly then you are the people"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with [whom] wisdom [itself] will die!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not [know] such things as these?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But I also have a mind;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am not inferior to you."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who does not [know] such things as these?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I am a laughingstock to my friends,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"though I called on God, and He answered."},{"style":"indent2","t":"The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The one at ease scorns misfortune"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as the fate of those whose feet are slipping."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure — those who carry their god in their hands.","f":["Or though God keeps them in His power"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The tents of robbers are safe,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and those who provoke God are secure —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those who carry their god in their hands."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let the fish of the sea inform you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Which of all these does not know"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that the hand of the LORD has done this?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The life of every living thing is in His hand,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as well as the breath of all mankind."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does not the ear test words"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as the tongue tastes its food?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Wisdom is found with the elderly,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and understanding comes with long life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wisdom and strength belong to God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"counsel and understanding are His."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"What He tears down cannot be rebuilt;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the man He imprisons cannot be released."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If He holds back the waters, they dry up,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver [are His].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"True wisdom and power belong to Him."},{"style":"indent2","t":"The deceived and the deceiver [are His]."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He leads counselors away barefoot"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and makes fools of judges."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He loosens the bonds placed by kings"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and fastens a belt around their waists."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He leads priests away barefoot"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and overthrows the established."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He deprives the trusted of speech"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and takes away the discernment of elders."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He pours out contempt on nobles"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and disarms the mighty."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He reveals the deep things of darkness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and brings deep shadows into light."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He makes nations great and destroys them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He enlarges nations, then disperses them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.[’’]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They grope in the darkness without light;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He makes them stagger like drunkards.[’’]"}],"style":"indent1"}]}