1 Respondens autem Job, dixit: 2 [Ergo vos estis soli homines, et vobiscum morietur sapientia? 3 Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum; quis enim hæc quæ nostis ignorat? 4 Qui deridetur ab amico suo, sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum: deridetur enim justi simplicitas. 5 Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum. 6 Abundant tabernacula prædonum, et audacter provocant Deum, cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum. 7 Nimirum interroga jumenta, et docebunt te; et volatilia cæli, et indicabunt tibi. 8 Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi, et narrabunt pisces maris. 9 Quis ignorat quod omnia hæc manus Domini fecerit? 10 In cujus manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis. 11 Nonne auris verba dijudicat? et fauces comedentis, saporem? 12 In antiquis est sapientia, et in multo tempore prudentia. 13 Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo; ipse habet consilium et intelligentiam. 14 Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet; si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat. 15 Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur; et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram. 16 Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia; ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur. 17 Adducit consiliarios in stultum finem, et judices in stuporem. 18 Balteum regum dissolvit, et præcingit fune renes eorum. 19 Ducit sacerdotes inglorios, et optimates supplantat: 20 commutans labium veracium, et doctrinam senum auferens. 21 Effundit despectionem super principes, eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans. 22 Qui revelat profunda de tenebris, et producit in lucem umbram mortis. 23 Qui multiplicat gentes, et perdit eas, et subversas in integrum restituit. 24 Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium: 25 palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.]
Job 12 Clementine Vulgate
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Cross references (23)
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- 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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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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