Job 12
1 And he answered Job and he said.
And Job made answer and said,
2 Truly that you [are the] people and with you it will die wisdom.
No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end 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 a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of 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].
It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!
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 in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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.
There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.
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 put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;
8 Or complain to the earth so it may teach you and they may recount to you [the] fish of the sea.
Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it.
9 Who? not does it know among all these for [the] hand of Yahweh it has done this.
Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done 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 flesh of man.
11 ¿ Not an ear words does it test and a palate food it tastes itself.
Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
12 [is] with Aged [people] wisdom and [is with] length of days understanding.
Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.
13 [are] with Him wisdom and might [belong] to him counsel and understanding.
With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.
14 There! he tears down and not it will be rebuilt he shuts on a person and not it will be opened.
Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
15 There! he holds back the waters so they may be dry and he lets loose them and they may devastate [the] earth.
Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.
16 [are] with Him strength and sound wisdom [belong] to him [one who] goes astray and [one who] leads astray.
With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;
17 [he is] leading away Counselors barefoot and judges he makes look foolish.
He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;
18 [the] correction of Kings he loosens and he bound a loincloth on loins their.
He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;
19 [he is] leading away Priests barefoot and [people] long established he overturns.
He makes priests prisoners, overturning those in safe positions;
20 [he is] removing A lip of trusted [ones] and [the] discernment of elders he takes away.
He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;
21 [he is] pouring Contempt on noble [people] and [the] belt of strong people he loosens.
He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;
22 [he is] revealing Unfathomable [things] from darkness and he brought out to the light deep darkness.
Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;
23 [he is] making great the Nations and he destroyed them [he is] spreading out the nations and he led them.
Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.
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 the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.
25 They grope darkness and not light and he made wander them like drunkard.
They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.
