Holy Bible - New Revised Standard Version(NRSV)

12:1	Then Job answered:
12:2	"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
12:3	But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
12:4	I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.
12:5	Those at ease have contempt for misfortune, but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.
12:6	The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hands.
12:7	"But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
12:8	ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
12:9	Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
12:10	In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.
12:11	Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
12:12	Is wisdom with the aged, and understanding in length of days?
12:13	"With God are wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.
12:14	If he tears down, no one can rebuild; if he shuts someone in, no one can open up.
12:15	If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
12:16	With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
12:17	He leads counselors away stripped, and makes fools of judges.
12:18	He looses the sash of kings, and binds a waistcloth on their loins.
12:19	He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
12:20	He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders.
12:21	He pours contempt on princes, and looses the belt of the strong.
12:22	He uncovers the deeps out of darkness, and brings deep darkness to light.
12:23	He makes nations great, then destroys them; he enlarges nations, then leads them away.
12:24	He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
12:25	They grope in the dark without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.