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<A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I am a laughingstock to my friends, <p class="indent2"> though I called on God, and He answered. <p class="indent2"> The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The one at ease scorns misfortune <p class="indent2"> as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The tents of robbers are safe, <p class="indent2"> and those who provoke God are secure—<p class="indent2"> those who carry their god in their hands.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; <p class="indent2"> ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; <p class="indent2"> let the fish of the sea inform you. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Which of all these does not know <p class="indent2"> that the hand of the LORD has done this? <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The life of every living thing is in His hand, <p class="indent2"> as well as the breath of all mankind. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Does not the ear test words <p class="indent2"> as the tongue tastes its food? <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Wisdom is found with the elderly, <p class="indent2"> and understanding comes with long life. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Wisdom and strength belong to God; <p class="indent2"> counsel and understanding are His. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; <p class="indent2"> the man He imprisons cannot be released. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If He holds back the waters, they dry up, <p class="indent2"> and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>True wisdom and power belong to Him. <p class="indent2"> The deceived and the deceiver are His. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He leads counselors away barefoot <p class="indent2"> and makes fools of judges. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He loosens the bonds placed by kings <p class="indent2"> and fastens a belt around their waists. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He leads priests away barefoot <p class="indent2"> and overthrows the established. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He deprives the trusted of speech <p class="indent2"> and takes away the discernment of elders. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He pours out contempt on nobles <p class="indent2"> and disarms the mighty. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He reveals the deep things of darkness <p class="indent2"> and brings deep shadows into light. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He makes nations great and destroys them; <p class="indent2"> He enlarges nations, then disperses them. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason <p class="indent2"> and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They grope in the darkness without light; <p class="indent2"> He makes them stagger like drunkards.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>though God keeps them in His power</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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