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Job 12
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Job 12
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Cuarto discurso de Job
12 A esto respondió Job:
2 «¡No hay duda de que vosotros sois el pueblo!
¡Muertos vosotros, morirá la sabiduría!
3 Pero yo soy tan listo como vosotros;
en nada siento que me aventajéis.
¿Quién no sabe todas esas cosas?
4 »Yo, que llamaba a Dios y él me respondía,
me he vuelto el hazmerreír de mis amigos;
¡soy un hazmerreír, siendo recto e intachable!
5 Dice la gente que vive tranquila:
“¡Al daño se añade la injuria!”,
“¡Al que está por caer, hay que empujarlo!”
6 Los salteadores viven tranquilos en sus tiendas;
confiados viven esos que irritan a Dios
y piensan que pueden controlarlo.
7 »Pero consulta a los animales,
y ellos te darán una lección;
pregunta a las aves del cielo,
y ellas te lo contarán;
8 habla con la tierra, y ella te enseñará;
con los peces del mar, y te lo harán saber.
9 ¿Quién de todos ellos no sabe
que la mano del Señor ha hecho todo esto?
10 En sus manos está la vida de todo ser vivo,
y el hálito que anima a todo ser humano.
11 ¿Acaso no comprueba el oído las palabras
como la lengua prueba la comida?
12 Entre los ancianos se halla la sabiduría;
en los muchos años, el entendimiento.
13 »Con Dios están la sabiduría y el poder;
suyos son el consejo y el entendimiento.
14 Lo que él derriba, nadie lo levanta;
a quien él apresa, nadie puede liberarlo.
15 Si él retiene las lluvias, hay sequía;
si las deja caer, se inunda la tierra.
16 Suyos son el poder y el buen juicio;
suyos son los engañados y los que engañan.
17 Él pone en ridículo a los consejeros
y hace que los jueces pierdan la cabeza.
18 Despoja de su autoridad a los reyes,
y les ata a la cintura una simple soga.[a]
19 Él pone en ridículo a los sacerdotes,
y derroca a los que detentan el poder.
20 Acalla los labios de los consejeros
y deja sin discernimiento a los ancianos.
21 Derrama ignominia sobre los nobles
y deja en vergüenza a[b] los poderosos.
22 Pone al descubierto los más oscuros abismos
y saca a la luz las sombras más profundas.
23 Engrandece o destruye a las naciones;
las hace prosperar o las dispersa.
24 Priva de sensatez a los poderosos,
y los hace vagar por desiertos sin senderos.
25 Andan a tientas en medio de la oscuridad,
y se tambalean como borrachos.
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)
Job 12
The Message
Job 12
The Message
Job Answers Zophar
Put Your Ear to the Earth
12 1-3 Job answered:
“I’m sure you speak for all the experts,
and when you die there’ll be no one left to tell us how to live.
But don’t forget that I also have a brain—
I don’t intend to play second fiddle to you.
It doesn’t take an expert to know these things.
4-6 “I’m ridiculed by my friends:
‘So that’s the man who had conversations with God!’
Ridiculed without mercy:
‘Look at the man who never did wrong!’
It’s easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame,
for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers.
Crooks reside safely in high-security houses,
insolent blasphemers live in luxury;
they’ve bought and paid for a god who’ll protect them.
7-12 “But ask the animals what they think—let them teach you;
let the birds tell you what’s going on.
Put your ear to the earth—learn the basics.
Listen—the fish in the ocean will tell you their stories.
Isn’t it clear that they all know and agree
that God is sovereign, that he holds all things in his hand—
Every living soul, yes,
every breathing creature?
Isn’t this all just common sense,
as common as the sense of taste?
Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom,
that you have to grow old before you understand life?
From God We Learn How to Live
13-25 “True wisdom and real power belong to God;
from him we learn how to live,
and also what to live for.
If he tears something down, it’s down for good;
if he locks people up, they’re locked up for good.
If he holds back the rain, there’s a drought;
if he lets it loose, there’s a flood.
Strength and success belong to God;
both deceived and deceiver must answer to him.
He strips experts of their vaunted credentials,
exposes judges as witless fools.
He divests kings of their royal garments,
then ties a rag around their waists.
He strips priests of their robes,
and fires high officials from their jobs.
He forces trusted sages to keep silence,
deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom.
He dumps contempt on famous people,
disarms the strong and mighty.
He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness,
hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun.
He makes nations rise and then fall,
builds up some and abandons others.
He robs world leaders of their reason,
and sends them off into no-man’s-land.
They grope in the dark without a clue,
lurching and staggering like drunks.”
Job 12
1599 Geneva Bible
Job 12
1599 Geneva Bible
12 2 Job accuseth his friends of ignorance. 7 He declareth the might, and power of God. 17 And how he changeth the course of things.
1 Then Job answered, and said,
2 Indeed because that ye are the people only, [a]wisdom must die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you, and am not inferior unto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
4 (A)I am [b]as one mocked of his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he [c]heareth him: the just and the upright is laughed to scorn.
5 [d]He that is ready to fall, is as a lamp despised in the opinion of the rich.
6 The tabernacles of robbers do prosper, and they are in safety, that provoke God, [e]whom God hath enriched with his hand.
7 Ask now the beasts, [f]and they shall teach thee, and the fowls of the heaven, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall show thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare unto thee.
9 Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hand of the Lord hath made these?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all [g]mankind.
11 Doth not the ears [h]discern the words, and the mouth taste meat for itself?
12 Among the [i]ancient is wisdom, and in the length of days is understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and strength: he hath counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he will break down, and it cannot be built: he shutteth a man up, and he cannot be loosed.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom: he that is deceived, and that [j]deceiveth, are his.
17 He causeth the counselors to go as spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 [k]He looseth [l]the collar of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth away the princes as a prey, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 He taketh away the speech from the [m]faithful counselors, and taketh away the judgment of the ancient.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and maketh the strength of the mighty weak.
22 He discovereth the deep places from their darkness, and bringeth forth the shadow of death to light.
23 He [n]increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in again.
24 He taketh away the hearts of them that are the chief over the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wilderness out of the way.
25 They grope in the dark without light: and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Footnotes
- Job 12:2 Because you feel not that which you speak, you think the whole standeth in words, and so flatter yourselves as though none knew anything, or could know but you.
- Job 12:4 He reproveth these his friends of two faults: the one that they thought they had better knowledge than indeed they had: and the other, that instead of true consolation, they did deride and despise their friend in his adversity.
- Job 12:4 The which neighbor being a mocker and a wicked man, thinketh that no man is in God’s favor but he, because he hath all things that he desireth.
- Job 12:5 As the rich esteem not a light, or torch that goeth out, so is he despised that falleth from prosperity to adversity.
- Job 12:6 Hebrew, to whom God hath brought in with his hand.
- Job 12:7 He declareth to them that did dispute against him, that their wisdom is common to all, and such as the very brute beasts do daily teach.
- Job 12:10 Or, flesh.
- Job 12:11 He exhorteth them to be wise in judging, and as well to know the right use why God hath given them ears, as he hath done a mouth.
- Job 12:12 Though men by age, and continuance of time attain to wisdom, yet it is not comparable to God’s wisdom, nor able to comprehend his judgments, wherein he answereth to that which was alleged, Job 8:8.
- Job 12:16 He showeth that there is nothing done in this world without God’s will and ordinance, for else he should not be Almighty.
- Job 12:18 He taketh wisdom from them.
- Job 12:18 He abateth the honor of princes, and bringeth them into the subjection of others.
- Job 12:20 He causeth that their words have no credit, which is when he will punish sin.
- Job 12:23 In this discourse of God’s wonderful works, Job showeth that whatsoever is done in this world both in the order and change of things, is by God’s will and appointment: wherein he declareth that he thinketh well of God, and is as able to set forth his power in words as they that reasoned against, were.
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