Job 12
1 Then Job answered,
And he answered Job and he said.
2 "No doubt, but you 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. Yes, who doesn't 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 like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
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 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
[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. Those who provoke God are secure, 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, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall 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 shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
Or complain to the earth so it may teach you and they may recount to you [the] fish of the sea.
9 Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of YHWH has done this,
Who? not does it know among all these for [the] hand of Yahweh it has done this.
10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all humankind?
[he] whom [is] in Hand his [the] life of every living [thing] and [the] breath of all flesh of humankind.
11 Doesn't the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
¿ Not an ear words does it test and a palate food it tastes itself.
12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
[is] with Aged [people] wisdom and [is with] length of days understanding.
13 "With him is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
[are] with Him wisdom and might [belong] to him counsel and understanding.
14 Look, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
There! he tears down and not it will be rebuilt he shuts on a person and not it will be opened.
15 Look, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends 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 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 leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
[he is] leading away Counselors barefoot and judges he makes look foolish.
18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
[the] correction of Kings he loosens and he bound a loincloth on loins their.
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
[he is] leading away Priests barefoot and [people] long established he overturns.
20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
[he is] removing A lip of trusted [ones] and [the] discernment of elders he takes away.
21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
[he is] pouring Contempt on noble [people] and [the] belt of strong people he loosens.
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings 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 increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
[he is] making great the Nations and he destroyed them [he is] spreading out the nations and he led them.
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes 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. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
They grope darkness and not light and he made wander them like drunkard.
