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I am not inferior to you; but to whom are such things as these not known?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>And yet he who called upon God became ridiculous to his friends, and he answered him who is pleased with the righteous who are unblemished,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Who is ready to do away with contempt and iniquity, and to strengthen the slippery feet.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>The tabernacle of robbers shall be removed, and the confidence of those who provoke God; for there is no God in their heart.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Who does not know in all these that the hand of the LORD has made them?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Because in his hand are the souls of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>The ear hears the words, and the palate tastes food.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>With the elders is wisdom; and in length of days, understanding.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>With him is wisdom and might, he has counsel and understanding.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Behold, if he demolishes, who can build; and if he shuts up a man in prison, who can open?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he releases them they ruin the land.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>With him is strength and wisdom; with him is might and salvation.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>He leads kings amazingly, and makes judges fools.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>He brings kings down to beg at the gates, and girds their loins with girdles of power.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>He leads priests with reverence, and overthrows the mighty.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>He cancels the speech of trusty counsellors, and takes away the good judgment of elders.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the light out of the shadow of death.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>He causes the nations to err, and destroys them; he strikes down the nations, and forsakes them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a waste land where there is no way.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/12-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>They search in darkness without light, and they grope in darkness without understanding; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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