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| Job 12:1 | Then Job answered and said, | And Job made answer and said, | And Job answered and said, | When Job answered, and said: |
| Job 12:2 | No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. | No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you. | Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you! | Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with you? |
| Job 12:3 | But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? | But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these? | I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these? | I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know? |
| Job 12:4 | I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. | It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of! | I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man]. | He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn. |
| Job 12:5 | In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. | In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping. | He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. | The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich, is ready for the time appointed. |
| Job 12:6 | The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly]. | There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength. | The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke ùGod are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth. | The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands: |
| Job 12:7 | But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: | But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you; | But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee; | But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of the air, and they shall tell thee. |
| Job 12:8 | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. | Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it. | Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. | Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the fishes of the sea shall tell. |
| Job 12:9 | Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, | Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this? | Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this? | Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things? |
| Job 12:10 | In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? | In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man. | In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man. | In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man. |
| Job 12:11 | Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food? | Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth? | Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food? | Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste? |
| Job 12:12 | With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding. | Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge. | With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding. | In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days prudence. |
| Job 12:13 | With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. | With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his. | With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding. | With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. |
| Job 12:14 | Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. | Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose. | Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening. | If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a. man, there is none that can open. |
| Job 12:15 | Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. | Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned. | Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. | If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth. |
| Job 12:16 | With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his. | With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands; | With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his. | With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceiver, and him that is deceived. |
| Job 12:17 | He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools. | He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish; | He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools; | He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility. |
| Job 12:18 | He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle. | He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them; | He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter; | He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their loins with a cord. |
| Job 12:19 | He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty. | He makes priests prisoners, overturning those in safe positions; | He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty; | He leadeth away priests without glory, and overthroweth nobles. |
| Job 12:20 | He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. | He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old; | He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders; | He changeth the speech of the true speakers, and taketh away the doctrine of the aged. |
| Job 12:21 | He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. | He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong; | He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty; | He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed. |
| Job 12:22 | He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. | Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright; | He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death; | He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth up to light the shadow of death. |
| Job 12:23 | He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. | Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up. | He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in; | He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them, and restoreth them again after they were overthrown. |
| Job 12:24 | He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. | He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way. | He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste. | He changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way. |
| Job 12:25 | They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. | They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine. | They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard. | They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk. |
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