JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 12Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 12ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And Job answered and said, 2Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you! 3I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these? 4I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call uponGod, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man]. 5He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 6The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provokeGod are secure; into whose handGod bringeth. 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee; 8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this? 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man. 11Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food? 12With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding. 13With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding. 14Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening. 15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools; 18He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter; 19He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty; 20He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders; 21He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty; 22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death; 23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in; 24He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste. 25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard. ‹Previous chapterJob 11Next chapterJob 13›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 12 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain