12Then Job replied:H347H6030H5592"Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!H551H5971H2451H41913But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?H1571H3824H5307H36444"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered--a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!H7814H7453H7121H433H6030H6662H8549H78145Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.H3559H4571H7272H3940H937H6248H76006The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure--those who carry their god in their hands.H168H7703H7951H7264H410H987H3027H433H9357"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;H199H7592H929H3384H5775H8064H50468or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.H7878H776H3384H1709H3220H56089Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?H3045H3027H3068H621310In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.H3027H5315H2416H7307H376H132011Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?H241H974H4405H2441H2938H40012Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?H3453H2451H753H3117H839413"To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.H2451H1369H6098H839414What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released.H2040H1129H5462H376H660515If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.H6113H4325H3001H7971H2015H77616To him belong strength and victory; both deceived and deceiver are his.H5797H8454H7683H768617He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.H3212H3289H7758H8199H198418He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.H6605H4148H4428H631H4975H23219He leads priests away stripped and overthrows men long established.H3212H3548H7758H5557H38620He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.H5493H8193H539H3947H2940H220521He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.H8210H937H5081H7503H4206H65022He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.H1540H6013H2822H3318H216H675723He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.H7679H1471H6H7849H1471H514824He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.H5493H3820H7218H5971H776H8582H8414H187025They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.H4959H2822H216H8582H7910