Job 12 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then Job answered, Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. “No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. “Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these? But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
4 I 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. I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock. “I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips. In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip. Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands. The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand. The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.
7 “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you. or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this, Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
11 Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food? Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food? Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding. Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
13 “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding. “With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding. “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open. What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.
15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land. If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his. With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his. To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.
17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools. He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools. He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.
18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt. He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips. He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders. He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders. He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong. He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong. He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light. He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive. He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away. He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
24 He 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. He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste. He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man. They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man. They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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