< Job 12 >
And he answered Job and he said.
2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
Truly that you [are the] people and with you it will die wisdom.
3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
Also [belongs] to me a heart - like you not [am] falling I more than you and with whom? [are] there not like these [things].
4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
A laughingstock to friend his - I am [one who] called to God and he answered him [is] a laughingstock a righteous [person] a blameless [person].
5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
[belongs] to Disaster contempt to [the] thought of [one] at ease a push [belongs] to [those who] are sliding of foot.
6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
They are at peace [the] tents - of destroyers and securiti [belong] to provokers of God to [those] whom he has brought God in hand his.
7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
And but ask please [the] animals so it may teach you and [the] bird[s] of the heavens so it may tell to you.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
Or complain to the earth so it may teach you and they may recount to you [the] fish of the sea.
9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
Who? not does it know among all these for [the] hand of Yahweh it has done this.
10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
[he] whom [is] in Hand his [the] life of every living [thing] and [the] breath of all flesh of humankind.
11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
¿ Not an ear words does it test and a palate food it tastes itself.
12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
[is] with Aged [people] wisdom and [is with] length of days understanding.
13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
[are] with Him wisdom and might [belong] to him counsel and understanding.
14 What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
There! he tears down and not it will be rebuilt he shuts on a person and not it will be opened.
15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
There! he holds back the waters so they may be dry and he lets loose them and they may devastate [the] earth.
16 True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
[are] with Him strength and sound wisdom [belong] to him [one who] goes astray and [one who] leads astray.
17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
[he is] leading away Counselors barefoot and judges he makes look foolish.
18 He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
[the] correction of Kings he loosens and he bound a loincloth on loins their.
19 He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
[he is] leading away Priests barefoot and [people] long established he overturns.
20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
[he is] removing A lip of trusted [ones] and [the] discernment of elders he takes away.
21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
[he is] pouring Contempt on noble [people] and [the] belt of strong people he loosens.
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
[he is] revealing Unfathomable [things] from darkness and he brought out to the light deep darkness.
23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
[he is] making great the Nations and he destroyed them [he is] spreading out the nations and he led them.
24 He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
[he is] removing [the] heart of [the] leaders of [the] people of The earth and he made wander them in a wasteland not a path.
25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
They grope darkness and not light and he made wander them like drunkard.