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Passage Lookup: Job 12
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Job 12:1
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Then Job replied:Job 12:2
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"Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!(a)
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Job 12:3
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But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?(b)
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Job 12:4
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"I have become a laughingstock(c) to my friends,(d) though I called on God and he answered(e)— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(f)
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Job 12:5
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Those who are at ease have contempt(g) for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(h)
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Job 12:6
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The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(i) and those who provoke God are secure(j)— those God has in his hand.[a]
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Job 12:7
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"But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(k) or the birds in the sky,(l) and they will tell you;(m)
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Job 12:8
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or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.
Job 12:9
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Which of all these does not know(n) that the hand of the Lord has done this?(o)
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Job 12:10
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In his hand is the life(p) of every creature and the breath of all mankind.(q)
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Job 12:11
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Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?(r)
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Job 12:12
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Is not wisdom found among the aged?(s) Does not long life bring understanding?(t)
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Job 12:13
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"To God belong wisdom(u) and power;(v) counsel and understanding are his.(w)
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Job 12:14
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What he tears down(x) cannot be rebuilt;(y) those he imprisons cannot be released.(z)
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Job 12:15
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If he holds back the waters,(aa) there is drought;(ab) if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.(ac)
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Job 12:16
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To him belong strength and insight;(ad) both deceived and deceiver are his.(ae)
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Job 12:17
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He leads rulers away stripped(af) and makes fools of judges.(ag)
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Job 12:18
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He takes off the shackles(ah) put on by kings and ties a loincloth[b] around their waist.(ai)
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Job 12:19
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He leads priests away stripped(aj) and overthrows officials long established.(ak)
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Job 12:20
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He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.(al)
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Job 12:21
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He pours contempt on nobles(am) and disarms the mighty.(an)
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Job 12:22
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He reveals the deep things of darkness(ao) and brings utter darkness(ap) into the light.(aq)
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Job 12:23
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He makes nations great, and destroys them;(ar) he enlarges nations,(as) and disperses them.(at)
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Job 12:24
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He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;(au) he makes them wander in a trackless waste.(av)
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Job 12:25
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They grope in darkness with no light;(aw) he makes them stagger like drunkards.(ax)
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