约伯的回答

12 约伯回答说:

“你们真是什么都懂的人啊,
你们死了,智慧也会消逝!
但我也有心智,不比你们逊色。
你们说的,谁不知道?
我这求告上帝并蒙祂应允的人竟成了朋友的笑柄,
我这公义纯全的人竟成了笑柄。
安逸的人心中藐视灾祸,
常常藐视那些滑倒的人。

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Job

12 Then Job replied:

“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
    and wisdom will die with you!(A)
But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?(B)

“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)
Those who are at ease have contempt(G) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(H)

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