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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 Geneva Bible</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" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Geneva Bible</a> > Job 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/11.htm" title="Job 11">◄</a> Job 12 <a href="../job/13.htm" title="Job 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Geneva Bible of 1587</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/12-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Job Presents His Case<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Iob answered, and sayde,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, & maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken ma.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Geneva Bible of 1587<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>