{"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/erv/job/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:35:40.646Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 neighbour, a man that called upon God, and he answered him: 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 fowls of the air, 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 LORD 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 meat?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"With aged men 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 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 effectual working; the deceived and the deceiver are his."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He leadeth priests away spoiled, 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 discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth the nations abroad, and bringeth them in."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He taketh away the heart of 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 12](https://primebible.com/erv/job/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}