{"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/asv/job/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:26:20.106Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"No doubt but ye 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: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly ."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"With God is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth 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 leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 12 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 12](https://primebible.com/asv/job/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}