JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 12YLT - 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 answereth and saith: -- 2Truly--ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die. 3I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these? 4A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one. 5A torch--despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet. 6At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. 7And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. 8Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: 9`Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this? 10In whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.' 11Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself? 12With the very aged is wisdom, And with length of days understanding. 13With Him are wisdom and might, To him are counsel and understanding. 14Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened. 15Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land. 16With Him are strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver. 17Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish. 18The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins. 19Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth. 20Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away. 21Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble. 22Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. 23Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them. 24Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy--no way! 25They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as 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