Job 12
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Then Job answered,
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
2“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
2[Ergo vos estis soli homines, et vobiscum morietur sapientia?
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
3Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum; quis enim hæc quæ nostis ignorat?
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.
4Qui deridetur ab amico suo, sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum: deridetur enim justi simplicitas.
5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
5Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum.
6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
6Abundant tabernacula prædonum, et audacter provocant Deum, cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum.
7“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
7Nimirum interroga jumenta, et docebunt te; et volatilia cæli, et indicabunt tibi.
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
8Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi, et narrabunt pisces maris.
9Who doesn’t know that in all these, the LORD’s hand has done this,
9Quis ignorat quod omnia hæc manus Domini fecerit?
10in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
10In cujus manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis.
11Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
11Nonne auris verba dijudicat? et fauces comedentis, saporem?
12With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
12In antiquis est sapientia, et in multo tempore prudentia.
13“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
13Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo; ipse habet consilium et intelligentiam.
14Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
14Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet; si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat.
15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
15Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur; et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram.
16With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
16Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia; ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur.
17He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
17Adducit consiliarios in stultum finem, et judices in stuporem.
18He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
18Balteum regum dissolvit, et præcingit fune renes eorum.
19He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
19Ducit sacerdotes inglorios, et optimates supplantat:
20He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
20commutans labium veracium, et doctrinam senum auferens.
21He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
21Effundit despectionem super principes, eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans.
22He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
22Qui revelat profunda de tenebris, et producit in lucem umbram mortis.
23He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
23Qui multiplicat gentes, et perdit eas, et subversas in integrum restituit.
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.
24Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium:
25They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
25palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.]
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