Job 12
1 And he answered Job and he said.
Then Job answered and said,
2 Truly that you [are the] people and with you it will die wisdom.
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 Also [belongs] to me a heart - like you not [am] falling I more than you and with whom? [are] there not like these [things].
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?
4 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].
I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
5 [belongs] to Disaster contempt to [the] thought of [one] at ease a push [belongs] to [those who] are sliding of foot.
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for calamity. It is ready for those whose foot slips.
6 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.
The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings abundantly.
7 And but ask please [the] animals so it may teach you and [the] bird[s] of the heavens so it may tell to you.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee.
8 Or complain to the earth so it may teach you and they may recount to you [the] fish of the sea.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
9 Who? not does it know among all these for [the] hand of Yahweh it has done this.
Who does not know in all these, that the hand of Jehovah has wrought this,
10 [he] whom [is] in Hand his [the] life of every living [thing] and [the] breath of all flesh of humankind.
in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
11 ¿ Not an ear words does it test and a palate food it tastes itself.
Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
12 [is] with Aged [people] wisdom and [is with] length of days understanding.
With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
13 [are] with Him wisdom and might [belong] to him counsel and understanding.
With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
14 There! he tears down and not it will be rebuilt he shuts on a person and not it will be opened.
Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again. He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 There! he holds back the waters so they may be dry and he lets loose them and they may devastate [the] earth.
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 [are] with Him strength and sound wisdom [belong] to him [one who] goes astray and [one who] leads astray.
With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 [he is] leading away Counselors barefoot and judges he makes look foolish.
He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes judges fools.
18 [the] correction of Kings he loosens and he bound a loincloth on loins their.
He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.
19 [he is] leading away Priests barefoot and [people] long established he overturns.
He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
20 [he is] removing A lip of trusted [ones] and [the] discernment of elders he takes away.
He removes the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
21 [he is] pouring Contempt on noble [people] and [the] belt of strong people he loosens.
He pours contempt upon rulers, and weakens the strength of the strong.
22 [he is] revealing Unfathomable [things] from darkness and he brought out to the light deep darkness.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
23 [he is] making great the Nations and he destroyed them [he is] spreading out the nations and he led them.
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
24 [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.
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.
25 They grope darkness and not light and he made wander them like drunkard.
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
