Job 12 in different translations
New Messianic
12:1
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And Iyov [hated] answered and said,
12:2
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No doubt but you2f [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
12:3
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But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yes, who knows not such things as these?
12:4
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I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calls upon God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and he answer him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.
12:5
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He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
12:6
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The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] are secure; into whose hand God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] brings [abundantly].
12:7
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach youi; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell youi:
12:8
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach youi: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto youi.
12:9
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Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has wrought this?
12:10
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In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
12:11
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Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12:12
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With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
12:13
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With him [is] wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.
12:14
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Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
12:15
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Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he send them out, and they overturn the earth.
12:16
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With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.
12:17
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He leads counselors away spoiled, and makes the fools.
12:18
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He looses the bond of kings, and put on their waist with a belt.
12:19
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He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty.
12:20
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He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
12:21
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He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.
12:22
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He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
12:23
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He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them [again].
12:24
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He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.
12:25
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They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].