{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Job<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 12<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,1,&quot;Job&quot;)\">A<\/span>nd Job answered and said,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,2,&quot;Job&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,3,&quot;Job&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,4,&quot;Job&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,5,&quot;Job&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,6,&quot;Job&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,7,&quot;Job&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,8,&quot;Job&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,9,&quot;Job&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,10,&quot;Job&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,11,&quot;Job&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,12,&quot;Job&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,13,&quot;Job&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,14,&quot;Job&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,15,&quot;Job&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,16,&quot;Job&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,17,&quot;Job&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,18,&quot;Job&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,19,&quot;Job&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,20,&quot;Job&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,21,&quot;Job&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,22,&quot;Job&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,23,&quot;Job&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,24,&quot;Job&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,12,25,&quot;Job&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/18\/11\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/18\/13\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Book of Job, Chapter 12 — King James Version","book_title":"The Book of Job","toolbar_title":"The Book of Job — Ch. 12","prev_url":"\/kjv\/1\/18\/11","next_url":"\/kjv\/1\/18\/13","tid":1,"book_id":18,"chapter":12,"num_chapters":42,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Job","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/1\/18\/12","meta_desc":"And Job answered and said, No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 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