Job Answers Zophar |
Job 12:1-25 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks] |
Job answered & said, No doubt, you are the [intelligent] people & wisdom shall die with you. But I have understanding, as well as you & I'm not inferior to you. [Yet,] who knows things such as these? |
I am [like someone] mocked [by] his [friend] who calls upon God & [God] answers him. The just, upright man is laughed [at & looked down upon.] [Psalm 91:15 He shall call upon Me & I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble & I will deliver him & honor him.] |
[He who] is at ease, despised the thought [of] a lamp, [until] his feet [were about to stumble.] God brings abundantly into [the] hands of robbers whose [tents] prosper & those [who] provoke God are [safe.] [Psalm 73:12 [See,] these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world & they increase in riches.] |
But ask the [animals] now & they shall teach you & the [birds] of the air shall tell you, or speak to the earth & it shall [instruct] you & the [fish] of the sea shall declare [it to] you. Who [doesn't] know that the Lord's hand has [done] this? In Whose hand is the [life] of every living thing & the breath of all mankind? |
Doesn't the ear [evaluate] words & the mouth [taste its] meat? With the [elders] is wisdom & in length of days [comes] understanding. With [God] is wisdom & strength. [God] has [advice] & understanding. [Look, God] breaks down & it can't be [rebuilt] again. He shuts a man up & there can't be [any release.] |
[Isaiah 25:2 For [God] has made a city a heap & ruin of a [fenced] city. A palace of [foreigners is] no [longer] a city & it shall never be [rebuilt.] [Look, God] withholds the waters & they dry up. Also, He sends them out & they [overflow] the earth. With [God] is strength & wisdom. |
The deceived & the deceiver are [both] His. [God] leads [advisors] away [plundered] & makes the judges fools. He [loosens the alliance] of kings & [straps their waist with a belt.] |
[God] leads princes away [plundered] & overthrows the mighty. He removes the speech of the [trustworthy] & takes away the ability of the understanding of the [elders.] [Job 32:9 Great men are not always wise. Neither do the [elders] understand judgment.] |
He pours [disgrace] upon princes & weakens the strength of the mighty. He [makes known] things [difficult to understand] & brings the shadow of death to light. [God makes known] the nations & destroys them. He increases [the size of] the nations & destroys them. He enlarges the nations & [reduces] them again. |
[God] takes away the [wise] heart [of the leaders] of the people of the earth & causes them to wander in the wilderness when there is no [road.] They grope [like] in the darkness without [a] light & He makes them stagger like a [drunk] man. |