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Job 12

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

12:1

And Job answered and said,

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12:2

So then ye [alone] are men, and wisdom shall die with you?

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12:3

[But] I also have a heart as well as you.

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12:4

For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery.

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12:5

For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be [held] guiltless,

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12:6

even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition [made] of them.

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12:7

But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee.

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12:8

Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.

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12:9

Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them?

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12:10

Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man.

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12:11

For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats.

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12:12

In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge.

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12:13

With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding.

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12:14

If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against men, who shall open?

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12:15

If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.

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12:16

With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding.

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12:17

He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth.

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12:18

He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.

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12:19

He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth.

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12:20

He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders.

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12:21

He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly.

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12:22

Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death.

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12:23

Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them [away].

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12:24

Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, [saying],

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12:25

Let them grope [in] darkness, and [let there be] no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.

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