Job 12:1–10

Job

12 Then Job replied:

2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter,

and wisdom will die with you!v

3 But I have a mind as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know all these things?w

4 “I have become a laughingstockx to my friends,y

though I called on God and he answeredz—

a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!a

5 Those who are at ease have contemptb for misfortune

as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.c

6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,d

and those who provoke God are securee—

those God has in his hand.a

7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,f

or the birds in the sky,g and they will tell you;h

8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,

or let the fish in the sea inform you.

9 Which of all these does not knowi

that the hand of the Lord has done this?j

10 In his hand is the lifek of every creature

and the breath of all mankind.l