Job 12
1 Then Job answered and said:
And he answered Job and he said.
2 No doubt ye are the whole people! And wisdom will 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 become a laughing-stock to my friend, —I who call upon God, that he would answer me! The innocent and upright man is held in derision.
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 To calamity belongeth contempt in the mind of one at ease; It is ready for them that slip with the feet.
[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 in prosperity, And they who provoke God are secure, Who carry their God in 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 For ask now the beasts, and they will teach thee; Or the fowls of the air, and they will 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 will instruct thee; And the fishes of the sea will 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 among all these doth not know That the hand of Jehovah doeth these things?
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 prove words, As the mouth tasteth meat?
¿ Not an ear words does it test and a palate food it tastes itself.
12 With the aged is wisdom, And with length of days is understanding.
[is] with Aged [people] wisdom and [is with] length of days understanding.
13 With Him are wisdom and strength; With Him counsel and understanding.
[are] with Him wisdom and might [belong] to him counsel and understanding.
14 Lo! he pulleth down, and it shall not be rebuilt; He bindeth a man, and he shall not be set loose.
There! he tears down and not it will be rebuilt he shuts on a person and not it will be opened.
15 Lo! he withholdeth the waters, and they are dried up; He sendeth them forth, and they lay waste 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 are 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 leadeth counsellors away captive, And judges he maketh fools.
[he is] leading away Counselors barefoot and judges he makes look foolish.
18 He looseth the authority of kings, And bindeth their loins with a cord.
[the] correction of Kings he loosens and he bound a loincloth on loins their.
19 He leadeth priests away captive, And overthroweth the mighty.
[he is] leading away Priests barefoot and [people] long established he overturns.
20 He removeth speech from the trusty, And taketh away judgment from 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 girdle of the mighty.
[he is] pouring Contempt on noble [people] and [the] belt of strong people he loosens.
22 He revealeth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth the shadow of death to light.
[he is] revealing Unfathomable [things] from darkness and he brought out to the light deep darkness.
23 He exalteth nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth nations, and leadeth them captive.
[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 understanding of the great men of the land, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness, where is no path;
[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 maketh them stagger like a drunken man.
They grope darkness and not light and he made wander them like drunkard.
