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