Job 12

1 and to answer Job and to say

Job replied,

2 truly for you(m. p.) people and with you to die wisdom

“You really think you're special people, don't you? Obviously when you die, wisdom will die with you!

3 also to/for me heart like you not to fall: fall I from you and with who? nothing like these

But I too have insights, and you're no better than me. Doesn't everyone know the things you've said?

4 laughter to/for neighbor his to be to call: call to to/for god and to answer him laughter righteous unblemished: blameless

But my friends laugh at me because I called on God and he answered me: the innocent man who does right has become an object of derision.

5 to/for disaster contempt to/for thought secure blow to/for to slip foot

People who are comfortable have contempt for those who are in trouble, ready to push over those who are already slipping.

6 to prosper tent to/for to ruin and security to/for to tremble God to/for which to come (in): bring god in/on/with hand his

Robbers live in peace, and those who make God angry live in safety, trusting their own strength as their ‘god.’

7 and but to ask please animal and to show you and bird [the] heaven and to tell to/for you

But if you ask the animals they will teach you, the birds in the sky will tell you;

8 or to muse to/for land: soil and to show you and to recount to/for you fish [the] sea

ask the earth and it will teach you, and the fishes in the sea will tell you.

9 who? not to know in/on/with all these for hand: power LORD to make: do this

Which of all these doesn't know that the Lord has done this?

10 which in/on/with hand: power his soul: life all alive and spirit: breath all flesh man

He gives life to every living thing, life to all humankind.

11 not ear speech to test and palate food to perceive to/for him

The ear distinguishes words just like the palate distinguishes foods.

12 in/on/with aged wisdom and length day: old understanding

Wisdom to distinguish belongs to the old, and the ability to rightly discriminate belongs to those with long experience.

13 with him wisdom and might to/for him counsel and understanding

God has wisdom and power, counsel and understanding belong to him.

14 look! to overthrow and not to build to shut upon man and not to open

If he tears something down, nobody can rebuild it. If he imprisons someone, nobody can free them.

15 look! to restrain in/on/with water and to wither and to send: depart them and to overturn land: country/planet

If God holds back the waters, everything dries up; if he releases the waters, the earth floods.

16 with him strength and wisdom to/for him to go astray and to wander

He is mighty and victorious; both deceivers and those deceived are subject to him.

17 to go: take to advise barefoot and to judge to be foolish

He leads counselors away stripped of their wisdom, he makes judges into fools.

18 discipline: bonds king to open and to bind girdle in/on/with loin their

He removes the chains of office from kings and makes them wear loincloths.

19 to go: take priest barefoot and strong to pervert

He leads priests away stripped of their religious garments, he overthrows the powerful.

20 to turn aside: remove lip: words to/for be faithful and taste old: elder to take: take

He takes away the advice of trusted advisors, he removes the discernment of the elders.

21 to pour: pour contempt upon noble and belt channel to slacken

He pours scorn upon princes and takes away power from the strong.

22 to reveal: reveal deep from darkness and to come out: produce to/for light shadow

He reveals what is hidden in darkness, and brings into the light the shadow of death.

23 to grow great to/for nation and to perish them to spread to/for nation and to lead them

He makes nations great and he destroys them; he expands nations and ruins them.

24 to turn aside: remove heart head: leader people [the] land: country/planet and to go astray them in/on/with formlessness not way: road

He removes the understanding of rulers and makes them wander in the wilderness.

25 to feel darkness and not light and to go astray them like/as drunken

They grope around in the dark without a light. He makes them stagger like drunk people.