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