Job 12
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1And Job answered and said,
2[Ergo vos estis soli homines, et vobiscum morietur sapientia?
2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum; quis enim hæc quæ nostis ignorat?
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4Qui deridetur ab amico suo, sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum: deridetur enim justi simplicitas.
4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum.
5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6Abundant tabernacula prædonum, et audacter provocant Deum, cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum.
6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .
7Nimirum interroga jumenta, et docebunt te; et volatilia cæli, et indicabunt tibi.
7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi, et narrabunt pisces maris.
8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9Quis ignorat quod omnia hæc manus Domini fecerit?
9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
10In cujus manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis.
10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11Nonne auris verba dijudicat? et fauces comedentis, saporem?
11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12In antiquis est sapientia, et in multo tempore prudentia.
12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo; ipse habet consilium et intelligentiam.
13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
14Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet; si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat.
14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur; et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram.
15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia; ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur.
16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17Adducit consiliarios in stultum finem, et judices in stuporem.
17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18Balteum regum dissolvit, et præcingit fune renes eorum.
18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19Ducit sacerdotes inglorios, et optimates supplantat:
19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20commutans labium veracium, et doctrinam senum auferens.
20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21Effundit despectionem super principes, eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans.
21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22Qui revelat profunda de tenebris, et producit in lucem umbram mortis.
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23Qui multiplicat gentes, et perdit eas, et subversas in integrum restituit.
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again .
24Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium:
24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.]
25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man .
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