{"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/ylt/job/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:28:57.990Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Job answereth and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Truly — ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"A torch — despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"'Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"With the very aged is wisdom, And with length of days understanding."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"With Him are wisdom and might, To him are counsel and understanding."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"With Him are strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy — no way!"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 12 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 12](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/12 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}