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Job 12,1-25
Chapter XII.
1 Iob mainteineth himselfe against his friends that reproue him. 7 He acknowledgeth the generall doctrine of Gods omnipotencie.
[Gods perfection.]
1 And Iob answered, and sayd,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisedome shall die with you.
3 But I haue [ Hebrew: an heart.] vnderstanding as well as you, [ Hebrew: I fall not lower then you.] I am not inferiour to you: yea, [ Hebrew: with whom are not such as these? ] who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he answereth him: the iust vpright man is laughed to scorne.
5 He that is ready to slippe with his feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that prouoke God are secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the foules of the aire, and they shall tell thee.
8 Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the [ Or, life.] soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of [ Hebrew: all flesh of man.] all mankinde.
11 [ Job_34:3 .] Doeth not the eare trie wordes? and the [ Hebrew: palate.] mouth taste his meate?
12 With the ancient is wisedome, and in length of dayes, vnderstanding.
13 With [ That is, with God.] him is wisedome & strength, he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
14 [ Isa_22:22 .] Behold, he breaketh downe, and it cannot be built againe: hee [ Apoc 3.7.] shutteth [ Hebrew: vpon.] vp a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, hee withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: also hee sendeth them out, and they ouerturne the earth.
16 With him is strength & wisedome: the deceiued, and the deceiuer, are his.
17 He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the Iudges fooles.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loines with a girdle.
19 He leadeth Princes away spoiled, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
20 [ Job_32:9 .] He remooueth away [ Hebrew: the lip of the faithfull.] the speech of the trustie, and taketh away the vnderstanding of the aged.
21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and [ Or, looseth the girdle of the strong.] weakeneth the strength of the mightie.
22 Hee discouereth deepe things out
[Iobs confidence.]
of darkenesse, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: hee inlargeth the nations, and [ Hebrew: leadeth in.] straiteneth them againe.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefe of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wildernes where there is no way.
25 They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to [ Hebrew: wander.] stagger like a drunken man.