June 29, 2025, Job 12:1-25
June 29, 2025, Job 12:1-25
12 Then Job
answered and said:
2 “No
doubt you are the people,
and
wisdom will die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not
inferior to you.
Who does
not know such things as these?
4 I am a laughingstock to my friends;
I,
who called to God and he answered me,
a just
and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
5 In the thought of one who is at ease there is
contempt for misfortune;
it is
ready for those whose feet slip.
6 The tents of robbers are at peace,
and
those who provoke God are secure,
who
bring their god in their hand.
7 “But ask
the beasts, and they will teach you;
the
birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;
and the
fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
that the
hand of the Lord has
done this?
10 In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the
breath of all mankind.
11 Does not the ear test words
as the
palate tastes food?
12 Wisdom is with the aged,
and understanding
in length of days.
13 “With
God are wisdom and might;
he has
counsel and understanding.
14 If he tears down, none can rebuild;
if
he shuts a man in, none can open.
15 If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
if
he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
16 With him are strength and sound wisdom;
the
deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leads counselors away stripped,
and judges
he makes fools.
18 He looses the bonds of kings
and
binds a waistcloth on their hips.
19 He leads priests away stripped
and
overthrows the mighty.
20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted
and
takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 He pours contempt on princes
and
loosens the belt of the strong.
22 He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and
brings deep darkness to light.
23 He makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he
enlarges nations, and leads them away.
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the
people of the earth
and makes
them wander in a trackless waste.
25 They grope in the dark without light,
and he
makes them stagger like a drunken man.
As I
watched the news, I often wonder why things happen as they do.
Does
every experience have a straightforward explanation?
Debbie
Walker
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