Font Size
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.
Giobbe 12
La Nuova Diodati
Giobbe 12
La Nuova Diodati
12 Allora Giobbe rispose e disse:
2 «Senza dubbio voi siete gente saggia, e la sapienza morirà con voi.
3 Ma ho anch'io intendimento come voi, e non sono da meno di voi; inoltre chi ignora cose come queste?
4 Sono diventato lo zimbello dei miei amici; io, a cui Dio rispondeva, quando lo invocavo; il giusto, l'integro è messo in ridicolo.
5 Una lampada, disprezzata nei pensieri di quelli che vivono negli agi, è preparata per coloro i cui piedi vacillano.
6 Sono invece tranquille le tende dei ladroni, e sono al sicuro quelli che provocano Dio e quelli che fanno della propria forza un dio.
7 Ma interroga ora le bestie e ti istruiranno, gli uccelli del cielo e te lo diranno.
8 o parla alla terra, ed essa ti istruirà, e i pesci del mare te lo racconteranno.
9 Fra tutte queste creature chi non sa che la mano dell'Eterno ha fatto questo?
10 Egli ha nelle sue mani la vita di ogni cosa vivente e lo spirito di ogni essere umano.
11 L'orecchio non esamina forse le parole, come il palato assapora i cibi?
12 Nei vecchi si trova la sapienza, e lunghezza di giorni conferisce intendimento.
13 Ma in lui risiedono la sapienza e la forza, a lui appartengono il consiglio e l'intendimento.
14 Ecco, se egli distrugge, nessuno può ricostruire; se imprigiona qualcuno, nessuno gli può aprire.
15 Se trattiene le acque, tutto inaridisce; se le lascia andare, sconvolgono la terra.
16 Egli possiede forza e sapienza; da lui dipendono chi è ingannato e chi inganna.
17 Egli fa camminare scalzi i consiglieri, rende stolti i giudici.
18 Scioglie i legami imposti dai re e cinge i loro lombi, con una cintura.
19 Fa camminare scalzi i sacerdoti e rovescia i potenti.
20 Toglie la parola a quelli in cui si pone fiducia e priva di intendimento i vecchi.
21 Versa il disprezzo sui nobili, e allenta la cintura ai forti.
22 Palesa le cose profonde nascoste nelle tenebre, e porta alla luce l'ombra di morte.
23 Rende grandi le nazioni e poi le distrugge, estende le nazioni e poi le porta in esilio.
24 Toglie il senno ai capi della terra e li fa vagare in solitudini senza strade.
25 Brancolano nelle tenebre senza luce, e li fa barcollare come ubriachi».
Job 12
English Standard Version
Job 12
English Standard Version
Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This
12 Then Job answered and said:
2 “No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
3 But I have (A)understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know (B)such things as these?
4 I am (C)a laughingstock to my friends;
I, who (D)called to God and he answered me,
a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
5 In the thought of one who is (E)at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
it is ready for those whose feet slip.
6 (F)The tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hand.[a]
7 “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;[b]
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
that (G)the hand of the Lord has done this?
10 In (H)his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
11 Does not (I)the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
12 Wisdom is with (J)the aged,
and understanding in length of days.
13 (K)“With God[c] are wisdom and might;
he has counsel and understanding.
14 If he tears down, none can rebuild;
if he (L)shuts a man in, none can open.
15 If he (M)withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he (N)sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
16 With him are strength and (O)sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leads (P)counselors away stripped,
and (Q)judges he makes fools.
18 He (R)looses the bonds of kings
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
19 He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows the mighty.
20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted
(S)and takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 He (T)pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
22 He (U)uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings (V)deep darkness to light.
23 He (W)makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and (X)leads them away.
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
and (Y)makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25 They (Z)grope in the dark without light,
and he makes them (AA)stagger like a drunken man.
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
King James Version
Job 12
King James Version
12 And Job answered and said,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
La Nuova Diodati (LND)
Copyright © 1991 by La Buona Novella s.c.r.l.
English Standard Version (ESV) 
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.