Job 12
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered:
2[Ergo vos estis soli homines, et vobiscum morietur sapientia?
2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
3Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum; quis enim hæc quæ nostis ignorat?
3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
4Qui deridetur ab amico suo, sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum: deridetur enim justi simplicitas.
4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
5Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum.
5The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6Abundant tabernacula prædonum, et audacter provocant Deum, cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum.
6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
7Nimirum interroga jumenta, et docebunt te; et volatilia cæli, et indicabunt tibi.
7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
8Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi, et narrabunt pisces maris.
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
9Quis ignorat quod omnia hæc manus Domini fecerit?
9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10In cujus manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis.
10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
11Nonne auris verba dijudicat? et fauces comedentis, saporem?
11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
12In antiquis est sapientia, et in multo tempore prudentia.
12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
13Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo; ipse habet consilium et intelligentiam.
13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
14Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet; si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat.
14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
15Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur; et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram.
15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
16Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia; ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur.
16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17Adducit consiliarios in stultum finem, et judices in stuporem.
17He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
18Balteum regum dissolvit, et præcingit fune renes eorum.
18He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
19Ducit sacerdotes inglorios, et optimates supplantat:
19He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
20commutans labium veracium, et doctrinam senum auferens.
20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
21Effundit despectionem super principes, eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans.
21He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22Qui revelat profunda de tenebris, et producit in lucem umbram mortis.
22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
23Qui multiplicat gentes, et perdit eas, et subversas in integrum restituit.
23He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
24Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium:
24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
25palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.]
25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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