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Giobbe 12
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Giobbe 12
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
La sapienza di Dio si manifesta anche con le devastazioni provocate dalla sua potenza
12 Giobbe allora rispose:
2 E' vero, sì, che voi siete la voce del popolo
e la sapienza morirà con voi!
3 Anch'io però ho senno come voi,
e non sono da meno di voi;
chi non sa cose simili?
4 Ludibrio del suo amico è diventato
chi grida a Dio perché gli risponda;
ludibrio il giusto, l'integro!
5 «Per la sventura, disprezzo», pensa la gente
prosperosa,
«spinte, a colui che ha il piede tremante».
6 Le tende dei ladri sono tranquille,
c'è sicurezza per chi provoca Dio,
per chi vuol ridurre Dio in suo potere.
7 Ma interroga pure le bestie, perché ti
ammaestrino,
gli uccelli del cielo, perché ti informino,
8 o i rettili della terra, perché ti istruiscano
o i pesci del mare perché te lo faccian sapere.
9 Chi non sa, fra tutti questi esseri,
che la mano del Signore ha fatto questo?
10 Egli ha in mano l'anima di ogni vivente
e il soffio d'ogni carne umana.
11 L'orecchio non distingue forse le parole
e il palato non assapora i cibi?
12 Nei canuti sta la saggezza
e nella vita lunga la prudenza.
13 In lui risiede la sapienza e la forza,
a lui appartiene il consiglio e la prudenza!
14 Ecco, se egli demolisce, non si può ricostruire,
se imprigiona uno, non si può liberare.
15 Se trattiene le acque, tutto si secca,
se le lascia andare, devastano la terra.
16 Da lui viene potenza e sagacia,
a lui appartiene l'ingannato e l'ingannatore.
17 Rende stolti i consiglieri della terra,
priva i giudici di senno;
18 scioglie la cintura dei re
e cinge i loro fianchi d'una corda.
19 Fa andare scalzi i sacerdoti
e rovescia i potenti.
20 Toglie la favella ai più veraci
e priva del senno i vegliardi.
21 Sui nobili spande il disprezzo
e allenta la cintura ai forti.
22 Strappa dalle tenebre i segreti
e porta alla luce le cose oscure.
23 Fa grandi i popoli e li lascia perire,
estende le nazioni e le abbandona.
24 Toglie il senno ai capi del paese
e li fa vagare per solitudini senza strade,
25 vanno a tastoni per le tenebre, senza luce,
e barcollano come ubriachi.
Job 12
Common English Bible
Job 12
Common English Bible
A living joke
12 Job responded:
2 Surely you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
3 I am also intelligent;
I’m not inferior to you.
Who isn’t like these people?[a]
4 I’m a joke to friends
who called to God and he answered;
the innocent and blameless one is a joke,
5 a torch[b] of contempt to one who is idle,
a fixed point for slipping feet.
Proverbial wisdom
6 Raiders’ tents are prosperous
and God’s provokers secure,
who carry God in their hands.[c]
7 But ask Behemoth, and he will teach you,
the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8 or talk to earth, and it will teach you;
the fish of the sea will recount it for you.
9 Among all these, who hasn’t known
that the Lord’s hand did this?
10 In whose grasp is the life of every thing,
the breath of every person?
11 Doesn’t the ear test words
and the palate taste food?
12 “In old age is wisdom;
understanding in a long life.”
God’s majesty
13 With him are wisdom and power;
counsel and understanding are his.
14 If he tears down, it can’t be rebuilt;
if he ties a person up, he can’t be set free.
15 If he restricts water, they have drought;
if he lets it loose, it overturns the land.
16 With him are might and success;
the deceiver and the deceived are his.
17 He leads advisors away barefoot;
makes madmen of judges;
18 unties the belt of kings,
binds a garment around their loins;
19 leads priests away barefoot;
overthrows the well-established;
20 silences the talk of trusted people;
takes away elders’ discernment;
21 pours contempt on royalty;
loosens the belt of the strong;
22 discloses deep secrets of darkness,
makes utter darkness enter the light;
23 makes nations prominent and destroys them,
expands nations and leads them astray;
24 takes away the power to think from earth’s leaders,
making them wander in untraveled wastelands.
25 They feel their way in the dark without light;
he makes them stumble like drunks.
Job 12
New International Version
Job 12
New International Version
Job
12 Then Job replied:
2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
and wisdom will die with you!(A)
3 But I have a mind as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?(B)
4 “I have become a laughingstock(C) to my friends,(D)
though I called on God and he answered(E)—
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(F)
5 Those who are at ease have contempt(G) for misfortune
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(H)
6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(I)
and those who provoke God are secure(J)—
those God has in his hand.[a]
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(K)
or the birds in the sky,(L) and they will tell you;(M)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know(N)
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(O)
10 In his hand is the life(P) of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.(Q)
11 Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?(R)
12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?(S)
Does not long life bring understanding?(T)
13 “To God belong wisdom(U) and power;(V)
counsel and understanding are his.(W)
14 What he tears down(X) cannot be rebuilt;(Y)
those he imprisons cannot be released.(Z)
15 If he holds back the waters,(AA) there is drought;(AB)
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.(AC)
16 To him belong strength and insight;(AD)
both deceived and deceiver are his.(AE)
17 He leads rulers away stripped(AF)
and makes fools of judges.(AG)
18 He takes off the shackles(AH) put on by kings
and ties a loincloth[b] around their waist.(AI)
19 He leads priests away stripped(AJ)
and overthrows officials long established.(AK)
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.(AL)
21 He pours contempt on nobles(AM)
and disarms the mighty.(AN)
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(AO)
and brings utter darkness(AP) into the light.(AQ)
23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;(AR)
he enlarges nations,(AS) and disperses them.(AT)
24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;(AU)
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.(AV)
25 They grope in darkness with no light;(AW)
he makes them stagger like drunkards.(AX)
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