Job 12
1 And he answered Job and he said.
Then Job answered,
2 Truly that you [are the] people and with you it will die wisdom.
“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will 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 doesn’t 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 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.
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 misfortune. It is ready for them 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. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
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 the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
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 will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who? not does it know among all these for [the] hand of Yahweh it has done this.
Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand 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 life 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.
Doesn’t 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, 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 can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
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. 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. He binds their waist 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 those who are trusted, 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 on princes, and loosens the belt 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. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
