Job · Catholic Public Domain Version
Job 12 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Then Job, answering, said:
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
2 Are you, therefore, alone among men, and will wisdom die with you?
2 Ciertamente que vosotros sois el pueblo; y con vosotros morirá la sabiduría.
3 And I have a heart just as you also do, and I am not inferior to you. For who is ignorant of these things, which you know?
3 También tengo yo seso como vosotros; no soy yo menos que vosotros: ¿y quién habrá que no pueda decir otro tanto?
4 He who is mocked by his friends as I am, will call upon God, and he will listen to him because it is the sincerity of the just that is being mocked.
4 Yo soy uno de quien su amigo se mofa, que invoca á Dios, y él le responde: con todo, el justo y perfecto es escarnecido.
5 The lamp that is despised in the thoughts of the rich is ready for the appointed time.
5 Aquel cuyos pies van á resbalar, [es como] una lámpara despreciada de aquel que está á sus anchuras.
6 The tabernacles of robbers are numerous, and they provoke God boldly; whereas, it is he who has given all things into their hands.
6 Prosperan las tiendas de los ladrones, y los que provocan á Dios viven seguros; en cuyas manos él ha puesto [cuanto tienen].
7 In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you.
7 Y en efecto, pregunta ahora á las bestias, que ellas te enseñarán; y á las aves de los cielos, que ellas te lo mostrarán:
8 Speak with the earth, and it will respond to you, and the fish of the sea will explain.
8 O habla á la tierra, que ella te enseñará; los peces de la mar te [lo] declararán también.
9 Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things?
9 ¿Qué cosa de todas estas no entiende que la mano de Jehová la hizo?
10 In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.
10 En su mano está el alma de todo viviente, y el espíritu de toda carne humana.
11 Does not the ear perceive words, and the palate, when eating, perceive flavor?
11 Ciertamente el oído distingue las palabras, y el paladar gusta las viandas.
12 In old age is wisdom, and in length of days is prudence.
12 En los viejos está la ciencia, y en la larga edad la inteligencia.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.
13 Con Dios está la sabiduría y la fortaleza; suyo es el consejo y la inteligencia.
14 If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open.
14 He aquí, él derribará, y no será edificado: encerrará al hombre, y no habrá quien le abra.
15 If he restrains the waters, everything will dry up; and if he sends them forth, they will subdue the land.
15 He aquí, él detendrá las aguas, y se secarán; él las enviará, y destruirán la tierra.
16 With him is strength and wisdom; he knows both the deceiver and he who is deceived.
16 Con él está la fortaleza y la existencia; suyo es el que yerra, y el que hace errar.
17 He leads advisors to a foolish end and judges to stupidity.
17 El hace andar á los consejeros desnudos [de consejo], y hace enloquecer á los jueces.
18 He removes the belt of kings and encircles their waist with a rope.
18 El suelta la atadura de los tiranos, y ata el cinto á sus lomos.
19 He leads away priests in dishonor and displaces nobles,
19 El lleva despojados á los príncipes, y trastorna á los poderosos.
20 altering the lips of those who speak the truth and sweeping away the teaching of the aged.
20 El impide el labio á los que dicen verdad, y quita á los ancianos el consejo.
21 He pours disdain upon the leaders, relieving those who had been oppressed.
21 El derrama menosprecio sobre los príncipes, y enflaquece la fuerza de los esforzados.
22 He reveals the depths of the darkness, and he brings the shadow of death into the light.
22 El descubre las profundidades de las tinieblas, y saca á luz la sombra de muerte.
23 He multiplies peoples, and destroys them, and, having been overthrown, he restores them anew.
23 El multiplica las gentes, y él las destruye: él esparce las gentes, y las torna á recoger.
24 He transforms the heart of the leaders of the people on earth, and misleads those who in vain advance upon the inviolable.
24 El quita el seso de las cabezas del pueblo de la tierra, y háceles que se pierdan vagueando sin camino:
25 They will grope as in the darkness, not the light, and he will make them stagger like drunkards.
25 Van á tientas como en tinieblas y sin luz, y los hace errar como borrachos.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Isaiah 5:21; Job 17:4; Job 17:10; Job 8:8–10; Job 11:12
- 3 Job 13:2–5; 2 Corinthians 11:21–23; Proverbs 26:4; 2 Corinthians 11:5; Job 6:6–7
- 4 Job 30:1; Job 21:3; Psalm 91:15; Job 17:6; Psalm 22:7–8
- 5 Psalm 17:5; Proverbs 13:9; Matthew 25:8; Amos 6:1–6; Psalm 123:3–4
- 6 Job 9:24; Psalm 73:11–12; Psalm 37:35; Psalm 17:14; Job 21:7–15
- 7 Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 8:7; Proverbs 6:6; Job 21:29–30
- 9 Isaiah 41:20; Jeremiah 27:5–6; Romans 11:36; Acts 19:35; 1 Samuel 2:7
- 10 Acts 17:28; Job 33:4; Acts 17:25; Numbers 16:22; Job 27:3
- 11 Job 34:3; Hebrews 5:14; Job 6:30; 1 Peter 2:3; Philippians 1:10
- 12 Job 32:7; Job 15:10; Job 8:8
- 13 Job 36:5; Job 9:4; Proverbs 2:6–7; James 1:5; Job 28:20–28
- 14 Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7; Malachi 1:4; Job 11:10; Job 37:7
- 15 1 Kings 17:1; Amos 5:8; Genesis 6:17; James 5:17–18; Genesis 6:13
- 16 Job 13:9; Job 12:13; Ezekiel 14:9; 1 Kings 22:22–23; Matthew 6:13
- 17 Isaiah 29:14; 1 Corinthians 1:19–20; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 17:14; Job 9:24
- 18 Daniel 2:21; Psalm 116:16; Jeremiah 52:31–34; 2 Chronicles 33:11–14; Revelation 19:16
- 19 Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 37:36–38; Job 35:9; Joshua 10:24; Revelation 19:19–21
- 20 Job 32:9; Job 17:4; Job 12:24; Proverbs 10:21; Job 39:17
- 21 Psalm 107:40; 1 Kings 21:23–24; Ephesians 6:10; Acts 12:23; Exodus 16:24
- 22 Daniel 2:22; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Job 3:5; Luke 1:79
- 23 Isaiah 9:3; Isaiah 26:15; Isaiah 60:22; Psalm 107:38; Jeremiah 33:22
- 24 Psalm 107:40; Job 12:20; Hosea 7:11; Isaiah 19:1; Daniel 4:16
- 25 Job 5:14; Psalm 107:27; Isaiah 24:20; Isaiah 19:14; Deuteronomy 28:29
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Speak to the earth, if perchance it may teach thee: and though thou inquire of all things which are upon the earth, they shall not be able to tell thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)