{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:43:09.484Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knows not such things as these?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls on God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has worked this?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He leads counsellors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 12 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 12](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}