{"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/dbt/job/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:00:11.557Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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":"Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl 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 spirit of all flesh of man."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 12 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 12](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/12 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}