Job 12
1 Then Job answered and said:
And he answered Job and he said.
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Truly that you [are the] people and with you it will die wisdom.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not 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 as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,
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 A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.
[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 prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.
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 now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
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 shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;
Or complain to the earth so it may teach you and they may recount to you [the] fish of the sea.
9 Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Who? not does it know among all these for [the] hand of Yahweh it has done this.
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and 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 Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?
¿ Not an ear words does it test and a palate food it tastes itself.
12 Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —
[is] with Aged [people] wisdom and [is with] length of days understanding.
13 With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
[are] with Him wisdom and might [belong] to him counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
There! he tears down and not it will be rebuilt he shuts on a person and not it will be opened.
15 Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
There! he holds back the waters so they may be dry and he lets loose them and they may devastate [the] earth.
16 With Him is strength and sound wisdom; 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 leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.
[he is] leading away Counselors barefoot and judges he makes look foolish.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
[the] correction of Kings he loosens and he bound a loincloth on loins their.
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
[he is] leading away Priests barefoot and [people] long established he overturns.
20 He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.
[he is] removing A lip of trusted [ones] and [the] discernment of elders he takes away.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
[he is] pouring Contempt on noble [people] and [the] belt of strong people he loosens.
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
[he is] revealing Unfathomable [things] from darkness and he brought out to the light deep darkness.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.
[he is] making great the Nations and he destroyed them [he is] spreading out the nations and he led them.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
[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 dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
They grope darkness and not light and he made wander them like drunkard.
