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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 12 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/12.htm" 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class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“You people really know everything, don’t you?</p><p class="line2">And when you die, wisdom will die with you!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Well, I know a few things myself—</p><p class="line2">and you’re no better than I am.</p><p class="line2">Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yet my friends laugh at me,</p><p class="line2">for I call on God and expect an answer.</p><p class="line1">I am a just and blameless man,</p><p class="line2">yet they laugh at me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>People who are at ease mock those in trouble.</p><p class="line2">They give a push to people who are stumbling.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But robbers are left in peace,</p><p class="line2">and those who provoke God live in safety—</p><p class="line2">though God keeps them in his power.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.</p><p class="line2">Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.</p><p class="line2">Let the fish in the sea speak to you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For they all know</p><p class="line2">that my disaster<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> has come from the hand of the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For the life of every living thing is in his hand,</p><p class="line2">and the breath of every human being.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The ear tests the words it hears</p><p class="line2">just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Wisdom belongs to the aged,</p><p class="line2">and understanding to the old.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“But true wisdom and power are found in God;</p><p class="line2">counsel and understanding are his.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What he destroys cannot be rebuilt.</p><p class="line2">When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert.</p><p class="line2">If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Yes, strength and wisdom are his;</p><p class="line2">deceivers and deceived are both in his power.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment;</p><p class="line2">wise judges become fools.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He removes the royal robe of kings.</p><p class="line2">They are led away with ropes around their waist.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He leads priests away, stripped of status;</p><p class="line2">he overthrows those with long years in power.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He silences the trusted adviser</p><p class="line2">and removes the insight of the elders.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He pours disgrace upon princes</p><p class="line2">and disarms the strong.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness;</p><p class="line2">he brings light to the deepest gloom.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He builds up nations, and he destroys them.</p><p class="line2">He expands nations, and he abandons them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He strips kings of understanding</p><p class="line2">and leaves them wandering in a pathless wasteland.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They grope in the darkness without a light.</p><p class="line2">He makes them stagger like drunkards.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">safety—those who try to manipulate God.</span><span class="ft"> The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">12:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">that this.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New 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