Job 12
1 Then Job answered,
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 "No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
| אׇמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם־עָם וְעִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חׇכְמָֽה׃ |
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
| גַּם־לִי לֵבָב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶם לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה׃ |
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.
| שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ ׀ אֶהְיֶה קֹרֵא לֶאֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵהוּ שְׂחוֹק צַדִּיק תָּמִֽים׃ |
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
| לַפִּיד בּוּז לְעַשְׁתּוּת שַׁאֲנָן נָכוֹן לְמוֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃ |
6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
| יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהָלִים ׀ לְשֹׁדְדִים וּֽבַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל לַאֲשֶׁר הֵבִיא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ |
7 "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
| וְֽאוּלָם שְׁאַל־נָא בְהֵמוֹת וְתֹרֶךָּ וְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ׃ |
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
| אוֹ שִׂיחַ לָאָרֶץ וְתֹרֶךָּ וִיסַפְּרוּ לְךָ דְּגֵי הַיָּֽם׃ |
9 Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of YHWH has done this,
| מִי לֹא־יָדַע בְּכׇל־אֵלֶּה כִּי יַד־יְהֹוָה עָשְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃ |
10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all humankind?
| אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כׇּל־חָי וְרוּחַ כׇּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃ |
11 Doesn't the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
| הֲלֹא־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לֽוֹ׃ |
12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
| בִּישִׁישִׁים חׇכְמָה וְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים תְּבוּנָֽה׃ |
13 "With him is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
| עִמּוֹ חׇכְמָה וּגְבוּרָה לוֹ עֵצָה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ |
14 Look, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
| הֵן יַהֲרוֹס וְלֹא יִבָּנֶה יִסְגֹּר עַל־אִישׁ וְלֹא יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃ |
15 Look, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
| הֵן יַעְצֹר בַּמַּיִם וְיִבָשׁוּ וִישַׁלְּחֵם וְיַהַפְכוּ אָֽרֶץ׃ |
16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
| עִמּוֹ עֹז וְתוּשִׁיָּה לוֹ שֹׁגֵג וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃ |
17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
| מוֹלִיךְ יוֹעֲצִים שׁוֹלָל וְֽשֹׁפְטִים יְהוֹלֵֽל׃ |
18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
| מוּסַר מְלָכִים פִּתֵּחַ וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֹר בְּמׇתְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
| מוֹלִיךְ כֹּהֲנִים שׁוֹלָל וְאֵתָנִים יְסַלֵּֽף׃ |
20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
| מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים וְטַעַם זְקֵנִים יִקָּֽח׃ |
21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
| שׁוֹפֵךְ בּוּז עַל־נְדִיבִים וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּֽה׃ |
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
| מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵא לָאוֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ |
23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
| מַשְׂגִּיא לַגּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵם שֹׁטֵחַ לַגּוֹיִם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃ |
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.
| מֵסִיר לֵב רָאשֵׁי עַם־הָאָרֶץ וַיַּתְעֵם בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃ |
25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
| יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אוֹר וַיַּתְעֵם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ |
