Job 12
1 Then Job answered and said:
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 No doubt ye are the whole people! And wisdom will die with you!
| אָמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם־עָם וְעִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָֽה׃ |
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
| גַּם־לִי לֵבָב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶם לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה׃ |
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.
| שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶה קֹרֵא לֶאֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵהוּ שְׂחוֹק צַדִּיק תָּמִֽים׃ |
5 To calamity belongeth contempt in the mind of one at ease; It is ready for them that slip with the feet.
| לַפִּיד בּוּז לְעַשְׁתּוּת שַׁאֲנָן נָכוֹן לְמוֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃ |
6 The tents of robbers are in prosperity, And they who provoke God are secure, Who carry their God in their hand.
| יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹֽהָלִים ׀ לְשֹׁדְדִים וּֽבַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל לַאֲשֶׁר הֵבִיא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ |
7 For ask now the beasts, and they will teach thee; Or the fowls of the air, and they will tell thee;
| וְֽאוּלָם שְׁאַל־נָא בְהֵמוֹת וְתֹרֶךָּ וְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ׃ |
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct thee; And the fishes of the sea will declare unto thee.
| אוֹ שִׂיחַ לָאָרֶץ וְתֹרֶךָּ וִֽיסַפְּרוּ לְךָ דְּגֵי הַיָּֽם׃ |
9 Who among all these doth not know That the hand of Jehovah doeth these things?
| מִי לֹא־יָדַע בְּכָל־אֵלֶּה כִּי יַד־יְהוָה עָשְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃ |
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
| אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כָּל־חָי וְרוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃ |
11 Doth not the ear prove words, As the mouth tasteth meat?
| הֲלֹא־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לֽוֹ׃ |
12 With the aged is wisdom, And with length of days is understanding.
| בִּֽישִׁישִׁים חָכְמָה וְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים תְּבוּנָֽה׃ |
13 With Him are wisdom and strength; With Him counsel and understanding.
| עִמּוֹ חָכְמָה וּגְבוּרָה לוֹ עֵצָה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ |
14 Lo! he pulleth down, and it shall not be rebuilt; He bindeth a man, and he shall not be set loose.
| הֵן יַהֲרוֹס וְלֹא יִבָּנֶה יִסְגֹּר עַל־אִישׁ וְלֹא יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃ |
15 Lo! he withholdeth the waters, and they are dried up; He sendeth them forth, and they lay waste the earth.
| הֵן יַעְצֹר בַּמַּיִם וְיִבָשׁוּ וִֽישַׁלְּחֵם וְיַהַפְכוּ אָֽרֶץ׃ |
16 With him are strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
| עִמּוֹ עֹז וְתֽוּשִׁיָּה לוֹ שֹׁגֵג וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃ |
17 He leadeth counsellors away captive, And judges he maketh fools.
| מוֹלִיךְ יוֹעֲצִים שׁוֹלָל וְֽשֹׁפְטִים יְהוֹלֵֽל׃ |
18 He looseth the authority of kings, And bindeth their loins with a cord.
| מוּסַר מְלָכִים פִּתֵּחַ וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
19 He leadeth priests away captive, And overthroweth the mighty.
| מוֹלִיךְ כֹּהֲנִים שׁוֹלָל וְאֵֽתָנִים יְסַלֵּֽף׃ |
20 He removeth speech from the trusty, And taketh away judgment from the elders.
| מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים וְטַעַם זְקֵנִים יִקָּֽח׃ |
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the girdle of the mighty.
| שׁוֹפֵךְ בּוּז עַל־נְדִיבִים וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּֽה׃ |
22 He revealeth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth the shadow of death to light.
| מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵא לָאוֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ |
23 He exalteth nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth nations, and leadeth them captive.
| מַשְׂגִּיא לַגּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵם שֹׁטֵחַ לַגּוֹיִם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃ |
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;
| מֵסִיר לֵב רָאשֵׁי עַם־הָאָרֶץ וַיַּתְעֵם בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃ |
25 They grope in the dark without light; He maketh them stagger like a drunken man.
| יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אוֹר וַיַּתְעֵם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ |
