Job 12

CLV(i) 1 So Job answered and said: 2 Truly, you are the people, And with you wisdom shall die!" 3 However, I have heart understanding as well as you; I am not falling behind you; For who is there not knowing such things as these? 4 As the sport of his associates am I becoming, Who was calling to Eloah, and He answered him, Made sport of, though righteous and flawless. 5 Contempt for misfortune is in the reflections of the self-satisfied, Readied for those of tottering feet. 6 The tents of devastators are at ease, And for those disturbing El there is serenity, For him who brings along an eloah in his hand. 7 Howbeit, ask, I pray, one of the beasts, and it shall direct you, And the flyer of the heavens, and it shall tell you, 8 Or importune to the earth, and it shall direct you, And the fish of the sea shall rehearse it to you. 9 Who among all these does not know That the hand of Eloah, it has done this? 10 In Whose hand is every living soul And the spirit in all flesh of man. 11 Does not the ear test declarations As the palate tastes its food? 12 Does wisdom come with being hoary-headed, And understanding with length of days? 13 With Him is wisdom and mastery; His are counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, He demolishes, and it shall not be rebuilt; He locks up a man, and it shall not be opened. 15 Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up, Or He sends them forth, and they overrun the earth. 16 With Him are strength and prosperity; Both the erring one and the one causing error are His. 17 Causing counselors to go forth looted, He also makes judges rave as fools. 18 He unlooses the disciplining authority of kings, And He binds a belt about their waists. 19 Causing priests to go forth looted, He also overthrows the well-established. 20 Putting away the eloquence of the sure, He also takes away the discretion of elders. 21 Pouring out contempt on patrons, He also makes the cordon of the mighty repressors to slacken. 22 Exposing the deep things out of darkness, He also brings forth the blackest shadow to light. 23 Making nations grow great, He also destroys them; Spreading out nations, He also guides them away. 24 Putting away wisdom of heart from the heads of the people of the earth, He also makes them stray in a roadless waste. 25 They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stray like a drunkard.