Job 12 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Then Iob answered, and sayde,
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
2 In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you.
2 Ciertamente que vosotros sois el pueblo; y con vosotros morirá la sabiduría.
3 But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
3 También tengo yo seso como vosotros; no soy yo menos que vosotros: ¿y quién habrá que no pueda decir otro tanto?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.
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 Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
5 Aquel cuyos pies van á resbalar, [es como] una lámpara despreciada de aquel que está á sus anchuras.
6 The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.
6 Prosperan las tiendas de los ladrones, y los que provocan á Dios viven seguros; en cuyas manos él ha puesto [cuanto tienen].
7 Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:
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 Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.
8 O habla á la tierra, que ella te enseñará; los peces de la mar te [lo] declararán también.
9 Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?
9 ¿Qué cosa de todas estas no entiende que la mano de Jehová la hizo?
10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
10 En su mano está el alma de todo viviente, y el espíritu de toda carne humana.
11 Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?
11 Ciertamente el oído distingue las palabras, y el paladar gusta las viandas.
12 Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.
12 En los viejos está la ciencia, y en la larga edad la inteligencia.
13 With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
13 Con Dios está la sabiduría y la fortaleza; suyo es el consejo y la inteligencia.
14 Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.
14 He aquí, él derribará, y no será edificado: encerrará al hombre, y no habrá quien le abra.
15 Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
15 He aquí, él detendrá las aguas, y se secarán; él las enviará, y destruirán la tierra.
16 With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
16 Con él está la fortaleza y la existencia; suyo es el que yerra, y el que hace errar.
17 He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
17 El hace andar á los consejeros desnudos [de consejo], y hace enloquecer á los jueces.
18 He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.
18 El suelta la atadura de los tiranos, y ata el cinto á sus lomos.
19 He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
19 El lleva despojados á los príncipes, y trastorna á los poderosos.
20 He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.
20 El impide el labio á los que dicen verdad, y quita á los ancianos el consejo.
21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.
21 El derrama menosprecio sobre los príncipes, y enflaquece la fuerza de los esforzados.
22 He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.
22 El descubre las profundidades de las tinieblas, y saca á luz la sombra de muerte.
23 He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.
23 El multiplica las gentes, y él las destruye: él esparce las gentes, y las torna á recoger.
24 He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
24 El quita el seso de las cabezas del pueblo de la tierra, y háceles que se pierdan vagueando sin camino:
25 They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken man.
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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“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.
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