Job 12
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered,
2[Ergo vos estis soli homines, et vobiscum morietur sapientia?
2“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will 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. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
4Qui deridetur ab amico suo, sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum: deridetur enim justi simplicitas.
4I 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.
5Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum.
5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
6Abundant tabernacula prædonum, et audacter provocant Deum, cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum.
6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
7Nimirum interroga jumenta, et docebunt te; et volatilia cæli, et indicabunt tibi.
7“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi, et narrabunt pisces maris.
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
9Quis ignorat quod omnia hæc manus Domini fecerit?
9Who doesn’t know that in all these, the LORD’s hand has done this,
10In cujus manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis.
10in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
11Nonne auris verba dijudicat? et fauces comedentis, saporem?
11Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
12In antiquis est sapientia, et in multo tempore prudentia.
12With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
13Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo; ipse habet consilium et intelligentiam.
13“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
14Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet; si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat.
14Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
15Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur; et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram.
15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends 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 leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
18Balteum regum dissolvit, et præcingit fune renes eorum.
18He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
19Ducit sacerdotes inglorios, et optimates supplantat:
19He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
20commutans labium veracium, et doctrinam senum auferens.
20He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
21Effundit despectionem super principes, eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans.
21He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
22Qui revelat profunda de tenebris, et producit in lucem umbram mortis.
22He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
23Qui multiplicat gentes, et perdit eas, et subversas in integrum restituit.
23He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
24Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium:
24He 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.
25palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.]
25They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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