Job · Literal Standard Version
Job 12 Literal Standard Version
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1 And Job answers and says:
1 Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
2 “Truly—you [are] the people, and wisdom dies with you.
2 Ciertamente que vosotros sois el pueblo; y con vosotros morirá la sabiduría.
3 I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, || And with whom is there not like these?
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 a laughter to his friend: He calls to God, and He answers him, || A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.
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 A torch—despised in the thoughts of the secure || Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
5 Aquel cuyos pies van á resbalar, [es como] una lámpara despreciada de aquel que está á sus anchuras.
6 The tents of spoilers are at peace, || And those provoking God have confidence, || Into whose hand God has brought.
6 Prosperan las tiendas de los ladrones, y los que provocan á Dios viven seguros; en cuyas manos él ha puesto [cuanto tienen].
7 And yet, now ask [one of] the beasts, || And it shows you, || And a bird of the heavens, || And it declares 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 Or talk to the earth, and it shows you, || And fishes of the sea recount to you:
8 O habla á la tierra, que ella te enseñará; los peces de la mar te [lo] declararán también.
9 Who has not known in all these, || That the hand of YHWH has done this?
9 ¿Qué cosa de todas estas no entiende que la mano de Jehová la hizo?
10 In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, || And the spirit of all flesh of man.
10 En su mano está el alma de todo viviente, y el espíritu de toda carne humana.
11 Does the ear not try words? And the palate taste food for itself?
11 Ciertamente el oído distingue las palabras, y el paladar gusta las viandas.
12 With the very aged [is] wisdom, || And [with] length of days [is] understanding.
12 En los viejos está la ciencia, y en la larga edad la inteligencia.
13 With Him [are] wisdom and might, || To Him [are] counsel and understanding.
13 Con Dios está la sabiduría y la fortaleza; suyo es el consejo y la inteligencia.
14 Behold, He breaks down, and it is not built up, || He shuts against a man, || And it is not opened.
14 He aquí, él derribará, y no será edificado: encerrará al hombre, y no habrá quien le abra.
15 Behold, He keeps in the waters, and they are dried up, || And He sends them forth, || And they overturn the land.
15 He aquí, él detendrá las aguas, y se secarán; él las enviará, y destruirán la tierra.
16 With Him [are] strength and wisdom, || His the deceived and deceiver.
16 Con él está la fortaleza y la existencia; suyo es el que yerra, y el que hace errar.
17 Causing counselors to go away [as] a spoil, || Indeed, He makes fools of judges.
17 El hace andar á los consejeros desnudos [de consejo], y hace enloquecer á los jueces.
18 He has opened the bands of kings, || And He binds a girdle on their loins.
18 El suelta la atadura de los tiranos, y ata el cinto á sus lomos.
19 Causing ministers to go away [as] a spoil || And strong ones He overthrows.
19 El lleva despojados á los príncipes, y trastorna á los poderosos.
20 Turning aside the lip of the steadfast, || And the reason of the aged He takes away.
20 El impide el labio á los que dicen verdad, y quita á los ancianos el consejo.
21 Pouring contempt on princes, || And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
21 El derrama menosprecio sobre los príncipes, y enflaquece la fuerza de los esforzados.
22 Removing deep things out of darkness, || And He brings out to light death-shade.
22 El descubre las profundidades de las tinieblas, y saca á luz la sombra de muerte.
23 Magnifying the nations, and He destroys them, || Spreading out the nations, and He quiets them.
23 El multiplica las gentes, y él las destruye: él esparce las gentes, y las torna á recoger.
24 Turning aside the heart || Of the heads of the people of the land, || And He causes them to wander || In vacancy—no way!
24 El quita el seso de las cabezas del pueblo de la tierra, y háceles que se pierdan vagueando sin camino:
25 They feel darkness, and not light, || He causes them to wander as a drunkard.”
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)