# Job 12

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Then Job answered: [2] “Truly then you are the people
with whom wisdom itself will die! [3] But I also have a mind;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these? [4] I am a laughingstock to my friends,
though I called on God, and He answered.
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock. [5] The one at ease scorns misfortune
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. [6] The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure—
those who carry their god in their hands. [7] But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. [8] Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
let the fish of the sea inform you. [9] Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the LORD has done this? [10] The life of every living thing is in His hand,
as well as the breath of all mankind. [11] Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes its food? [12] Wisdom is found with the elderly,
and understanding comes with long life. [13] Wisdom and strength belong to God;
counsel and understanding are His. [14] What He tears down cannot be rebuilt;
the man He imprisons cannot be released. [15] If He holds back the waters, they dry up,
and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. [16] True wisdom and power belong to Him.
The deceived and the deceiver are His. [17] He leads counselors away barefoot
and makes fools of judges. [18] He loosens the bonds placed by kings
and fastens a belt around their waists. [19] He leads priests away barefoot
and overthrows the established. [20] He deprives the trusted of speech
and takes away the discernment of elders. [21] He pours out contempt on nobles
and disarms the mighty. [22] He reveals the deep things of darkness
and brings deep shadows into light. [23] He makes nations great and destroys them;
He enlarges nations, then disperses them. [24] He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. [25] They grope in the darkness without light;
He makes them stagger like drunkards.

## Each verse

- Job 12:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/1
- Job 12:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/2
- Job 12:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/3
- Job 12:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/4
- Job 12:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/5
- Job 12:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/6
- Job 12:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/7
- Job 12:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/8
- Job 12:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/9
- Job 12:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/10
- Job 12:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/11
- Job 12:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/12
- Job 12:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/13
- Job 12:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/14
- Job 12:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/15
- Job 12:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/16
- Job 12:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/17
- Job 12:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/18
- Job 12:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/19
- Job 12:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/20
- Job 12:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/21
- Job 12:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/22
- Job 12:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/23
- Job 12:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/24
- Job 12:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/25