Job 12 Free Bible Version
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1 Job replied,
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
2 “You really think you're special people, don't you? Obviously when you die, wisdom will die with you!
2 Ciertamente que vosotros sois el pueblo; y con vosotros morirá la sabiduría.
3 But I too have insights, and you're no better than me. Doesn't everyone know the things you've said?
3 También tengo yo seso como vosotros; no soy yo menos que vosotros: ¿y quién habrá que no pueda decir otro tanto?
4 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.
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 People who are comfortable have contempt for those who are in trouble, ready to push over those who are already slipping.
5 Aquel cuyos pies van á resbalar, [es como] una lámpara despreciada de aquel que está á sus anchuras.
6 Robbers live in peace, and those who make God angry live in safety, trusting their own strength as their ‘god.’
6 Prosperan las tiendas de los ladrones, y los que provocan á Dios viven seguros; en cuyas manos él ha puesto [cuanto tienen].
7 But if you ask the animals they will teach you, the birds in the sky will tell 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 ask the earth and it will teach you, and the fishes in the sea will tell you.
8 O habla á la tierra, que ella te enseñará; los peces de la mar te [lo] declararán también.
9 Which of all these doesn't know that the Lord has done this?
9 ¿Qué cosa de todas estas no entiende que la mano de Jehová la hizo?
10 He gives life to every living thing, life to all humankind.
10 En su mano está el alma de todo viviente, y el espíritu de toda carne humana.
11 The ear distinguishes words just like the palate distinguishes foods.
11 Ciertamente el oído distingue las palabras, y el paladar gusta las viandas.
12 Wisdom to distinguish belongs to the old, and the ability to rightly discriminate belongs to those with long experience.
12 En los viejos está la ciencia, y en la larga edad la inteligencia.
13 God has wisdom and power, counsel and understanding belong to him.
13 Con Dios está la sabiduría y la fortaleza; suyo es el consejo y la inteligencia.
14 If he tears something down, nobody can rebuild it. If he imprisons someone, nobody can free them.
14 He aquí, él derribará, y no será edificado: encerrará al hombre, y no habrá quien le abra.
15 If God holds back the waters, everything dries up; if he releases the waters, the earth floods.
15 He aquí, él detendrá las aguas, y se secarán; él las enviará, y destruirán la tierra.
16 He is mighty and victorious; both deceivers and those deceived are subject to him.
16 Con él está la fortaleza y la existencia; suyo es el que yerra, y el que hace errar.
17 He leads counselors away stripped of their wisdom, he makes judges into fools.
17 El hace andar á los consejeros desnudos [de consejo], y hace enloquecer á los jueces.
18 He removes the chains of office from kings and makes them wear loincloths.
18 El suelta la atadura de los tiranos, y ata el cinto á sus lomos.
19 He leads priests away stripped of their religious garments, he overthrows the powerful.
19 El lleva despojados á los príncipes, y trastorna á los poderosos.
20 He takes away the advice of trusted advisors, he removes the discernment of the elders.
20 El impide el labio á los que dicen verdad, y quita á los ancianos el consejo.
21 He pours scorn upon princes and takes away power from the strong.
21 El derrama menosprecio sobre los príncipes, y enflaquece la fuerza de los esforzados.
22 He reveals what is hidden in darkness, and brings into the light the shadow of death.
22 El descubre las profundidades de las tinieblas, y saca á luz la sombra de muerte.
23 He makes nations great and he destroys them; he expands nations and ruins them.
23 El multiplica las gentes, y él las destruye: él esparce las gentes, y las torna á recoger.
24 He removes the understanding of rulers and makes them wander in the wilderness.
24 El quita el seso de las cabezas del pueblo de la tierra, y háceles que se pierdan vagueando sin camino:
25 They grope around in the dark without a light. He makes them stagger like drunk people.”
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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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)