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Job 12 Reina-Valera 1909

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1 Y RESPONDIÓ Job, y dijo:
1 Then Job answered,
2 Ciertamente que vosotros sois el pueblo; y con vosotros morirá la sabiduría.
2 “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
3 También tengo yo seso como vosotros; no soy yo menos que vosotros: ¿y quién habrá que no pueda decir otro tanto?
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
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.
4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
5 Aquel cuyos pies van á resbalar, [es como] una lámpara despreciada de aquel que está á sus anchuras.
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
6 Prosperan las tiendas de los ladrones, y los que provocan á Dios viven seguros; en cuyas manos él ha puesto [cuanto tienen].
6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
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:
7 “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8 O habla á la tierra, que ella te enseñará; los peces de la mar te [lo] declararán también.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 ¿Qué cosa de todas estas no entiende que la mano de Jehová la hizo?
9 Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,
10 En su mano está el alma de todo viviente, y el espíritu de toda carne humana.
10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
11 Ciertamente el oído distingue las palabras, y el paladar gusta las viandas.
11 Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
12 En los viejos está la ciencia, y en la larga edad la inteligencia.
12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
13 Con Dios está la sabiduría y la fortaleza; suyo es el consejo y la inteligencia.
13 “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
14 He aquí, él derribará, y no será edificado: encerrará al hombre, y no habrá quien le abra.
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
15 He aquí, él detendrá las aguas, y se secarán; él las enviará, y destruirán la tierra.
15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 Con él está la fortaleza y la existencia; suyo es el que yerra, y el que hace errar.
16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 El hace andar á los consejeros desnudos [de consejo], y hace enloquecer á los jueces.
17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
18 El suelta la atadura de los tiranos, y ata el cinto á sus lomos.
18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
19 El lleva despojados á los príncipes, y trastorna á los poderosos.
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
20 El impide el labio á los que dicen verdad, y quita á los ancianos el consejo.
20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
21 El derrama menosprecio sobre los príncipes, y enflaquece la fuerza de los esforzados.
21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
22 El descubre las profundidades de las tinieblas, y saca á luz la sombra de muerte.
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
23 El multiplica las gentes, y él las destruye: él esparce las gentes, y las torna á recoger.
23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
24 El quita el seso de las cabezas del pueblo de la tierra, y háceles que se pierdan vagueando sin camino:
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 Van á tientas como en tinieblas y sin luz, y los hace errar como borrachos.
25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Cross references (23)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 2 Isaiah 5:21; Job 17:4; Job 17:10; Job 8:8–10; Job 11:12
  2. 3 Job 13:2–5; 2 Corinthians 11:21–23; Proverbs 26:4; 2 Corinthians 11:5; Job 6:6–7
  3. 4 Job 30:1; Job 21:3; Psalm 91:15; Job 17:6; Psalm 22:7–8
  4. 5 Psalm 17:5; Proverbs 13:9; Matthew 25:8; Amos 6:1–6; Psalm 123:3–4
  5. 6 Job 9:24; Psalm 73:11–12; Psalm 37:35; Psalm 17:14; Job 21:7–15
  6. 7 Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 8:7; Proverbs 6:6; Job 21:29–30
  7. 9 Isaiah 41:20; Jeremiah 27:5–6; Romans 11:36; Acts 19:35; 1 Samuel 2:7
  8. 10 Acts 17:28; Job 33:4; Acts 17:25; Numbers 16:22; Job 27:3
  9. 11 Job 34:3; Hebrews 5:14; Job 6:30; 1 Peter 2:3; Philippians 1:10
  10. 12 Job 32:7; Job 15:10; Job 8:8
  11. 13 Job 36:5; Job 9:4; Proverbs 2:6–7; James 1:5; Job 28:20–28
  12. 14 Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7; Malachi 1:4; Job 11:10; Job 37:7
  13. 15 1 Kings 17:1; Amos 5:8; Genesis 6:17; James 5:17–18; Genesis 6:13
  14. 16 Job 13:9; Job 12:13; Ezekiel 14:9; 1 Kings 22:22–23; Matthew 6:13
  15. 17 Isaiah 29:14; 1 Corinthians 1:19–20; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 17:14; Job 9:24
  16. 18 Daniel 2:21; Psalm 116:16; Jeremiah 52:31–34; 2 Chronicles 33:11–14; Revelation 19:16
  17. 19 Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 37:36–38; Job 35:9; Joshua 10:24; Revelation 19:19–21
  18. 20 Job 32:9; Job 17:4; Job 12:24; Proverbs 10:21; Job 39:17
  19. 21 Psalm 107:40; 1 Kings 21:23–24; Ephesians 6:10; Acts 12:23; Exodus 16:24
  20. 22 Daniel 2:22; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Job 3:5; Luke 1:79
  21. 23 Isaiah 9:3; Isaiah 26:15; Isaiah 60:22; Psalm 107:38; Jeremiah 33:22
  22. 24 Psalm 107:40; Job 12:20; Hosea 7:11; Isaiah 19:1; Daniel 4:16
  23. 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).

  1. Quotes verse 12:8 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XI)

    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)