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Job 12:1
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Then Iyov answered,
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Job 12:2
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"No doubt, but you are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
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Job 12:3
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
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Job 12:4
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I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
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Job 12:5
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In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them whose foot slips.
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Job 12:6
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The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands.
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Job 12:7
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"But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; The birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
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Job 12:8
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
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Job 12:9
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Who doesn't know that in all these, The hand of the LORD has done this,
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Job 12:10
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In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind?
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Job 12:11
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Doesn't the ear try words, Even as the palate tastes its food?
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Job 12:12
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With aged men is wisdom, In length of days understanding.
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Job 12:13
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"With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
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Job 12:14
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Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
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Job 12:15
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Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
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Job 12:16
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With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
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Job 12:17
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He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
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Job 12:18
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He loosens the bond of kings, He binds their waist with a belt.
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Job 12:19
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He leads kohanim away stripped, And overthrows the mighty.
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Job 12:20
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He removes the speech of those who are trusted, And takes away the understanding of the elders.
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Job 12:21
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He pours contempt on princes, And loosens the belt of the strong.
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Job 12:22
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He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings out to light the shadow of death.
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Job 12:23
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He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
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Job 12:24
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He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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Job 12:25
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They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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