JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 12Geneva - 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 chapter1Then Iob answered, and sayde, 2In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you. 3But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things? 4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne. 5Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche. 6The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand. 7Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee: 8Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee. 9Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these? 10In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde. 11Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe? 12Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding. 13With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding. 14Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed. 15Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth. 16With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his. 17He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles. 18He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle. 19He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie. 20He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient. 21He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake. 22He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light. 23He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe. 24He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way. 25They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken man. ‹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