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Job 12
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Job 12
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Job antwoordt Zofar
12 Maar Job antwoordde:
2 Ja, jullie zijn nog eens wijze mannen!
Als jullie dood zijn, zal ook de wijsheid uitgestorven zijn!
3 Maar ik ben ook niet dom.
Ik weet net zoveel als jullie.
Jullie vertellen mij heus niets nieuws.
4 Mijn vrienden lachen mij uit.
Maar ik roep God om hulp en Hij beantwoordt mijn gebed.
Iemand die leeft zoals God het wil, wordt nu eenmaal uitgelachen.
5 Mensen met wie het goed gaat, zeggen van hem:
"Het zal zijn eigen schuld wel zijn. Dat krijg je ervan."
6 Maar slechte mensen en misdadigers wonen in vrede.
Mensen die God kwaad maken, leven in alle rust
omdat God hun het goede geeft.
7 Maar vraag het eens aan de dieren.
Zij zullen het je uitleggen.
Vraag het eens aan de vogels.
Zij weten hoe het zit.
8 Of vraag het aan de aarde zelf.
Die zal jullie inlichten.
Vraag het aan de vissen in de zee.
Zij zullen het jullie vertellen.
9 Wie van hen weet niet
dat de Heer dit Zelf doet?
10 Zij weten allemaal
dat God het is die hun het leven heeft gegeven.
11 Zoals mijn mond het eten proeft,
zo proeven mijn oren of het wijs is wat ze horen.
12 Men zegt dat oude mensen wijs zijn.
Dat een lang leven verstandig maakt.
13 Maar alleen God is wijs en machtig.
Alleen Hij weet alles en begrijpt alles.
14 Als Hij iets afbreekt,
wordt het niet meer opgebouwd.
Als Hij iemand opsluit,
is er niemand die hem vrijlaat.
15 Als Hij het niet meer laat regenen,
drogen de beken op.
Als Hij de regen laat vallen,
wordt alles overspoeld.
16 Hij is machtig en verstandig.
Slechte mensen en hun slachtoffers zijn allebei in zijn macht.
17 Raadgevers stuurt Hij arm weg.
Rechters maakt Hij tot dwazen.
18 Mensen die door koningen gevangen gezet zijn, bevrijdt Hij.
In hun plaats bindt Hij de koningen vast.
19 Leiders stuurt Hij in armoede weg.
Machtige mensen brengt Hij ten val.
20 Raadgevers legt Hij het zwijgen op.
Oude wijze mannen neemt Hij hun wijsheid af.
21 Belangrijke mensen komen voor schut te staan.
Machtige mensen maakt Hij machteloos.
22 Hij legt de diepste diepten bloot.
De diepste duisternis brengt Hij aan het licht.
23 Hij maakt volken groot en vernietigt ze weer.
Hij maakt volken machtig en doet hen later weer verdwijnen.
24 Leiders van landen berooft Hij van hun verstand,
zodat ze ronddwalen in de wildernis.
25 Ze tasten rond in het donker,
ronddwalend alsof ze dronken zijn. (lees verder)
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
New King James Version
Job 12
New King James Version
Job Answers His Critics
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 (A)inferior to you.
Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
4 “I(B) am one mocked by his friends,
Who (C)called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
5 A [b]lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
It is made ready for (D)those whose feet slip.
6 (E)The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.
7 “But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
10 (F)In whose hand is the [c]life of every living thing,
And the (G)breath of [d]all mankind?
11 Does not the ear test words
And the [e]mouth taste its food?
12 Wisdom is with aged men,
And with [f]length of days, understanding.
13 “With Him are (H)wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
14 If (I)He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
15 If He (J)withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He (K)sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
16 With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
18 He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
19 He leads [g]princes away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.
20 (L)He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 (M)He pours contempt on princes,
And [h]disarms the mighty.
22 He (N)uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
23 (O)He makes nations great, and destroys them;
He [i]enlarges nations, and guides them.
24 He takes away the [j]understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And (P)makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
25 (Q)They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them (R)stagger like a drunken man.
Job 12
Wycliffe Bible
Job 12
Wycliffe Bible
12 Soothly Job answered, and said,
2 And ye therefore be (the) men alone, and wisdom dwell with you? (And so ye be the only people, with whom wisdom dwelleth?)
3 And to me is an heart, as and to you (But I also have understanding, like you do), and I am not lower than ye; for who knoweth not these things, which ye know?
4 He that is scorned of his friend, as I am, shall inwardly call (upon) God, and God shall hear him; for the simpleness of a just man is scorned (for the innocence, or the integrity, of the righteous is scorned).
5 And a lamp is despised at the thoughts of rich men, the which lamp is made ready to a time ordained. (And he who is about to slip, or unwittingly fall, is despised in the thoughts of the rich, or the successful.)
6 The tabernacles of robbers be plenteous, either full of goods; and boldly they stir God to wrath, when he hath given all things into their hands.
7 No wonder (Do not wonder about it), (but) ask thou [the] beasts, and they shall teach thee; and ask thou [the] birds of the air, and they shall show to thee.
8 Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee; and the fishes of the sea shall tell those things.
9 Who knoweth not that the hand of the Lord made all these things?
10 In whose hand the soul is of each living thing, and the spirit of each flesh of man. (In whose hand is the soul of each living thing, and the breath of all mankind.)
11 Whether the ear deemeth not words, and the cheeks of the eater deem (the) savour, or the taste of meat? (Whether the ear judgeth not the words, like the tongue of the eater judgeth the savour, or the taste, of the food?)
12 Wisdom is in eld men, and prudence is in much time.
13 Wisdom and strength is with God; he hath counsel and understanding.
14 If he destroyeth, there is no man that buildeth; if he shutteth in a man, there is none that openeth. (If he destroyeth, there is no one who buildeth up again; if he shutteth someone in, there is no one who can release him.)
15 If he holdeth together (the) waters, all things shall be made dry; and if he sendeth out those waters, they shall destroy the earth.
16 Strength and wisdom is with God; he knoweth both him that deceiveth and him that is deceived.
17 And he bringeth counsellors into a fond end, and judges into wondering, either astonishing. (And he bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to madness.)
18 He unbindeth the girdle of kings, and girdeth their reins with a cord.
19 He leadeth their priests without glory, and he deceiveth the principal men;
20 and he changeth the lips of soothfast men, and taketh away the doctrine of eld men.
21 He sheddeth out despising on princes, and relieveth them, that were oppressed. (He heapeth scorn upon leaders, and weakeneth oppressors.)
22 He showeth deep things from (out of the) darknesses; and he bringeth forth into (the) light the shadow of death.
23 He multiplieth folks, and he loseth them; and he restoreth them, when they be destroyed, into whole number. (He multiplieth nations, and then he destroyeth them; and then after that they be destroyed, he restoreth them whole again.)
24 He changeth the heart of [the] princes of the people of [the] earth; and deceiveth them, that they go in vain out of the way (so that they go in vain where there is no way).
25 They shall grope, as in darknesses, and not in light; and he shall make them to err as drunken men (and he shall make them to wander about like drunken men).
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