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| [1]And Job answered and said, |
[1]And Job answereth and saith: -- |
| [2]So then ye alone are men, and wisdom shall die with you? |
[2]Truly -- ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die. |
| [3]But I also have a heart as well as you. |
[3]I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these? |
| [4]For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery. |
[4]A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one. |
| [5]For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be held guiltless, |
[5]A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet. |
| [6]even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them. |
[6]At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. |
| [7]But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee. |
[7]And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. |
| [8]Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee. |
[8]Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: |
| [9]Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them? |
[9]`Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this? |
| [10]Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man. |
[10]In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.' |
| [11]For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats. |
[11]Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself? |
| [12]In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge. |
[12]With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding. |
| [13]With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding. |
[13]With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding. |
| [14]If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open? |
[14]Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened. |
| [15]If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it. |
[15]Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land. |
| [16]With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding. |
[16]With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver. |
| [17]He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth. |
[17]Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish. |
| [18]He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle. |
[18]The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins. |
| [19]He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth. |
[19]Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth. |
| [20]He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders. |
[20]Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away. |
| [21]He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly. |
[21]Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble. |
| [22]Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death. |
[22]Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. |
| [23]Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them away. |
[23]Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them. |
| [24]Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way, they have not known, saying, |
[24]Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way! |
| [25]Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, and let them wander as a drunken man. |
[25]They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard. |