Job 12
Contemporary English Version
12 1 Job said to his friends:
2 You think you are so great,
with all the answers.
3 But I know as much as you do,
and so does everyone else.
4 I have always lived right,
and God answered my prayers;
now friends make fun of me.
5 It's easy to condemn
those who are suffering,
when you have no troubles.
6 Robbers and other godless people
live safely at home and say,
“God is in our hands!”[a]
If You Want To Learn
7 If you want to learn,
then go and ask
the wild animals and the birds,
8 the flowers and the fish.
9 Any of them can tell you
what the Lord has done.[b]
10 Every living creature
is in the hands of God.
11 We hear with our ears,
taste with our tongues,
12 and gain some wisdom from those
who have lived a long time.
13 But God is the real source
of wisdom and strength.
14 No one can rebuild
what he destroys, or release
those he has imprisoned.
15 God can hold back the rain
or send a flood,
16 just as he rules over liars
and those they lie to.
17 God shames counselors,
turns judges into fools,
18 and makes slaves of kings.
19 God removes priests and others
who have great power—
20 he confuses wise,
experienced advisors,
21 puts mighty kings to shame,
and takes away their power.
22 God turns darkness to light;
23 he makes nations strong,
then shatters their strength.
24 God strikes their rulers senseless,
then leaves them to roam
through barren deserts,
25 lost in the dark, staggering
like someone drunk.
Job 12
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Jobs fjerde tale: Et svar til Zofar
12 Hertil svarede Job:
2 „I er så kloge og har svar på alt!
Hvor trist, at visdommen skal uddø med jer!
3 Men jeg er nu heller ikke uden forstand,
jeg står ikke tilbage for jer i noget.
Der er jo intet nyt i det, I har sagt.
4 Jeg er en retskaffen og retsindig mand.
Når jeg beder til Gud, svarer han mig.
Alligevel håner mine venner mig.
5 Det er nemt nok at foragte dem, der har problemer,
når man ikke selv har nogen.
Hvorfor sparker I til en mand, der ligger ned?
6 Røvere lever i fred,
de, der trodser Gud, er i sikkerhed.
De tror kun på sig selv og deres egen styrke.
7 Du kan lære noget af dyrene!
Fuglene kan fortælle dig det,
8 krybdyrene på landjorden ved det,
fiskene i havet kan forklare det for dig.
9 De ved alle som en,
at Herren har skabt det hele.
10 Han holder enhver skabning i sin hule hånd,
et menneskes liv afhænger af ham.
11 Man må vurdere alt, hvad man hører,
ligesom man smager på maden, før man spiser den.
12 Visdom søger man hos de ældre,
for livserfaring kommer med årene.
13 Gud er kilden til al visdom og magt,
hos ham får man indsigt og gode råd.
14 Hvad han bryder ned, kan ikke bygges op.
Hvad han lukker i, kan ingen lukke op.
15 Holder han regnen tilbage, bliver jorden til ørken.
Slipper han uvejret løs, bliver der oversvømmelse.
16 Visdom og styrke finder du hos ham.
Både bedrageren og den bedragne er i hans magt.
17 Han kan sætte samfundets ledere fra magten
og fratage dommere deres ret til at dømme.
18 Han kan fjerne konger fra tronen
og gøre dem til slaver i stedet.
19 Han kan fratage præster deres tjeneste
og sætte mægtige mænd fra magten.
20 Han kan gøre de bedste rådgivere målløse
og fratage de kloge deres tænkeevne.
21 Han kan ydmyge de stolte fyrster
og afvæbne de stærke krigere.
22 Han kan bringe lys ind i de mørkeste afkroge
og afsløre de dybeste hemmeligheder.
23 Han kan gøre nationer stærke,
men også opløse dem igen.
Han kan udvide et lands grænser,
men også sprede befolkningen for alle vinde.
24 Han kan berøve regenter deres sunde fornuft
og lade dem vakle rundt i en vejløs ørken,
25 så de famler sig frem i mørket uden lys,
raver omkring som berusede.
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.
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