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| Job 12: (YLT) |
| 1) And Job answereth and saith: -- |
| 2) Truly -- ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die. |
| 3) I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these? |
| 4) A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one. |
| 5) A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet. |
| 6) At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. |
| 7) And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. |
| 8) Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: |
| 9) 'Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this? |
| 10) In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.' |
| 11) Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself? |
| 12) With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding. |
| 13) With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding. |
| 14) Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened. |
| 15) Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land. |
| 16) With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver. |
| 17) Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish. |
| 18) The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins. |
| 19) Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth. |
| 20) Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away. |
| 21) Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble. |
| 22) Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. |
| 23) Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them. |
| 24) Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way! |
| 25) They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard. |