Job 12章 ESV | 微读圣经

Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This

1Then Job answered and said:

2“No doubt you are the people,

and wisdom will die with you.

3But I have 12:3 [ch. 13:2; 15:9] understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know 12:3 ch. 16:2such things as these?

4I am 12:4 ch. 16:10; 17:2, 6; 21:3; 30:1a laughingstock to my friends;

I, who 12:4 Ps. 91:15called to God and he answered me,

a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.

5In the thought of one who is 12:5 ch. 3:18at ease there is contempt for misfortune;

it is ready for those whose feet slip.

612:6 See ch. 21:7The tents of robbers are at peace,

and those who provoke God are secure,

who bring their god in their hand.12:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

7“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;

the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;

8or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;12:8 Or or speak to the earth, and it will teach you

and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

9Who among all these does not know

that 12:9 Isa. 41:20; [ch. 1:21]the hand of the Lord has done this?

10In 12:10 Num. 16:22; Dan. 5:23; Acts 17:28his hand is the life of every living thing

and the breath of all mankind.

11Does not 12:11 ch. 34:3the ear test words

as the palate tastes food?

12Wisdom is with 12:12 ch. 32:7; [Ps. 119:100]the aged,

and understanding in length of days.

1312:13 [ch. 9:4; 36:5]“With God12:13 Hebrew him are wisdom and might;

he has counsel and understanding.

14If he tears down, none can rebuild;

if he 12:14 ch. 11:10; [Isa. 22:22; Rev. 3:7]shuts a man in, none can open.

15If he 12:15 [Deut. 11:17; 1 Kgs. 8:35; 17:1] withholds the waters, they dry up;

if he 12:15 [Gen. 7:11-24; Ps. 147:18; Amos 9:6]sends them out, they overwhelm the land.

16With him are strength and 12:16 [ch. 5:12]sound wisdom;

the deceived and the deceiver are his.

17He leads 12:17 [2 Sam. 17:23] counselors away stripped,

and 12:17 ch. 9:24; Isa. 40:23; [Isa. 29:14; 44:25; 1 Cor. 1:19]judges he makes fools.

18He 12:18 Ps. 116:16looses the bonds of kings

and binds a waistcloth on their hips.

19He leads priests away stripped

and overthrows the mighty.

20He deprives of speech those who are trusted

12:20 [ch. 32:9]and takes away the discernment of the elders.

21He 12:21 Ps. 107:40pours contempt on princes

and loosens the belt of the strong.

22He 12:22 Dan. 2:22; 1 Cor. 4:5uncovers the deeps out of darkness

and brings 12:22 See ch. 3:5deep darkness to light.

23He 12:23 Isa. 9:3; 26:15makes nations great, and he destroys them;

he enlarges nations, and 12:23 [2 Kgs. 18:11]leads them away.

24He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth

and 12:24 Ps. 107:40; [ch. 6:18]makes them wander in a trackless waste.

25They 12:25 See ch. 5:14grope in the dark without light,

and he makes them 12:25 Ps. 107:27; Isa. 19:14stagger like a drunken man.

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