Job 1225 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.12:1וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Then Job answered and said:12:2אָמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם־עָם וְעִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָֽה׃No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.12:3גַּם־לִי לֵבָב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶם לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה׃But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?12:4שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶה קֹרֵא לֶאֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵהוּ שְׂחוֹק צַדִּיק תָּמִֽים׃I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,12:5לַפִּיד בּוּז לְעַשְׁתּוּת שַׁאֲנָן נָכוֹן לְמוֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.12:6יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹֽהָלִים ׀ לְשֹׁדְדִים וּֽבַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל לַאֲשֶׁר הֵבִיא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.12:7וְֽאוּלָם שְׁאַל־נָא בְהֵמוֹת וְתֹרֶךָּ וְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ׃But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;12:8אוֹ שִׂיחַ לָאָרֶץ וְתֹרֶךָּ וִֽיסַפְּרוּ לְךָ דְּגֵי הַיָּֽם׃Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;12:9מִי לֹא־יָדַע בְּכָל־אֵלֶּה כִּי יַד־יְהוָה עָשְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?12:10אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כָּל־חָי וְרוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. —12:11הֲלֹא־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לֽוֹ׃Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?12:12בִּֽישִׁישִׁים חָכְמָה וְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים תְּבוּנָֽה׃Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —12:13עִמּוֹ חָכְמָה וּגְבוּרָה לוֹ עֵצָה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.12:14הֵן יַהֲרוֹס וְלֹא יִבָּנֶה יִסְגֹּר עַל־אִישׁ וְלֹא יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.12:15הֵן יַעְצֹר בַּמַּיִם וְיִבָשׁוּ וִֽישַׁלְּחֵם וְיַהַפְכוּ אָֽרֶץ׃Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.12:16עִמּוֹ עֹז וְתֽוּשִׁיָּהלוֹ שֹׁגֵג וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.12:17מוֹלִיךְ יוֹעֲצִים שׁוֹלָל וְֽשֹׁפְטִים יְהוֹלֵֽל׃He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.12:18מוּסַר מְלָכִים פִּתֵּחַ וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.12:19מוֹלִיךְ כֹּהֲנִים שׁוֹלָל וְאֵֽתָנִים יְסַלֵּֽף׃He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.12:20מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים וְטַעַם זְקֵנִים יִקָּֽח׃He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.12:21שׁוֹפֵךְ בּוּז עַל־נְדִיבִים וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּֽה׃He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.12:22מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵא לָאוֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.12:23מַשְׂגִּיא לַגּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵם שֹׁטֵחַ לַגּוֹיִם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.12:24מֵסִיר לֵב רָאשֵׁי עַם־הָאָרֶץ וַיַּתְעֵם בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.12:25יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אוֹר וַיַּתְעֵם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.← previousJob 11next →Job 13↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/12/