# Job 12 ## Job 12:1 - [KJV] And Job answered and said, - [ASV] Then Job answered and said, - [YLT] And Job answereth and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 12:1 - ## Job 12:2 - [KJV] No doubt but ye *are* the people, and wisdom shall die with you. - [ASV] No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. - [YLT] Truly -- ye *are* the people, And with you doth wisdom die. ### Notes on Job 12:2 - ## Job 12:3 - [KJV] But I have understanding as well as you; I *am* not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? - [ASV] But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? - [YLT] I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these? ### Notes on Job 12:3 - ## Job 12:4 - [KJV] I am *as* one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright *man is* laughed to scorn. - [ASV] I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. - [YLT] A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter *is* the perfect righteous one. ### Notes on Job 12:4 - ## Job 12:5 - [KJV] He that is ready to slip with *his* feet *is as* a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. - [ASV] In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. - [YLT] A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet. ### Notes on Job 12:5 - ## Job 12:6 - [KJV] The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth *abundantly*. - [ASV] The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth *abundantly*. - [YLT] At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. ### Notes on Job 12:6 - ## Job 12:7 - [KJV] But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: - [ASV] But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Job 12:7 - ## Job 12:8 - [KJV] Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. - [ASV] Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. - [YLT] Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: ### Notes on Job 12:8 - ## Job 12:9 - [KJV] Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? - [ASV] Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, - [YLT] 'Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this? ### Notes on Job 12:9 - ## Job 12:10 - [KJV] In whose hand *is* the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. - [ASV] In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? - [YLT] In whose hand *is* the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.' ### Notes on Job 12:10 - ## Job 12:11 - [KJV] Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? - [ASV] Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food? - [YLT] Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself? ### Notes on Job 12:11 - ## Job 12:12 - [KJV] With the ancient *is* wisdom; and in length of days understanding. - [ASV] With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding. - [YLT] With the very aged *is* wisdom, And *with* length of days understanding. ### Notes on Job 12:12 - ## Job 12:13 - [KJV] With him *is* wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. - [ASV] With *God* is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. - [YLT] With Him *are* wisdom and might, To him *are* counsel and understanding. ### Notes on Job 12:13 - ## Job 12:14 - [KJV] Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. - [ASV] Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. - [YLT] Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened. ### Notes on Job 12:14 - ## Job 12:15 - [KJV] Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. - [ASV] Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. - [YLT] Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land. ### Notes on Job 12:15 - ## Job 12:16 - [KJV] With him *is* strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver *are* his. - [ASV] With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. - [YLT] With Him *are* strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver. ### Notes on Job 12:16 - ## Job 12:17 - [KJV] He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. - [ASV] He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools. - [YLT] Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish. ### Notes on Job 12:17 - ## Job 12:18 - [KJV] He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. - [ASV] He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle. - [YLT] The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins. ### Notes on Job 12:18 - ## Job 12:19 - [KJV] He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. - [ASV] He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. - [YLT] Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth. ### Notes on Job 12:19 - ## Job 12:20 - [KJV] He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. - [ASV] He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. - [YLT] Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away. ### Notes on Job 12:20 - ## Job 12:21 - [KJV] He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. - [ASV] He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. - [YLT] Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble. ### Notes on Job 12:21 - ## Job 12:22 - [KJV] He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. - [ASV] He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. - [YLT] Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. ### Notes on Job 12:22 - ## Job 12:23 - [KJV] He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them *again*. - [ASV] He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. - [YLT] Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them. ### Notes on Job 12:23 - ## Job 12:24 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. - [YLT] Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way! ### Notes on Job 12:24 - ## Job 12:25 - [KJV] They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like *a* drunken *man*. - [ASV] They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. - [YLT] They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard. ### Notes on Job 12:25 -