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Job 12
Svenska 1917
Job 12
Svenska 1917
12 Därefter tog Job till orda och sade:
2 Ja, visst ären I det rätta folket, och med eder kommer visheten att dö ut!
3 Dock, jämväl jag har förstånd så gott som I, icke står jag tillbaka för eder; ty vem är den som ej begriper slikt?
4 Så måste jag då vara ett åtlöje för min vän, jag som fick svar, så snart jag ropade till Gud; man ler åt en som är rättfärdig och ostrafflig!
5 Ja, med förakt ses olyckan av den som står säker; förakt väntar dem vilkas fötter vackla.
6 Men förhärjares hyddor åtnjuta frid, och trygghet få sådana som trotsa Gud, de som hava sin gud i sin hand.
7 Men fråga du boskapen, den må undervisa dig, och fåglarna under himmelen, de må upplysa dig;
8 eller tala till jorden, hon må undervisa dig, fiskarna i havet må giva dig besked.
9 Vem kan icke lära genom allt detta att det är HERRENS hand som har gjort det?
10 I hans han är ju allt levandes själ och alla mänskliga varelsers anda.
11 Skall icke öra pröva orden, likasom munnen prövar matens smak?
12 Vishet tillkommer ju de gamle och förstånd dem som länge hava levat.
13 Hos Honom finnes vishet och makt, hos honom råd och förstånd.
14 Se, vad han river ned, det bygges ej upp; för den han spärrar inne kan ingen upplåta.
15 Han håller vattnen tillbaka -- se, se då bliver där torrt, han släpper dem lösa, då fördärva de landet.
16 Hos honom är kraft och klokhet, den förvillade och förvillaren äro båda i hans hand.
17 Rådsherrar utblottar han, han för dem i landsflykt, och domare gör han till dårar.
18 Han upplöser konungars välde och sätter fångbälte om deras höfter.
19 Präster utblottar han, han för dem i landsflykt, och de säkrast rotade kommer han på fall.
20 Välbetrodda män berövar han målet och avhänder de äldste deras insikt.
21 Han utgjuter förakt över furstar och lossar de starkes gördel.
22 Han blottar djupen, så att de ej höljas av mörker, dödsskuggan drager han fram i ljuset.
23 Han låter folkslag växa till -- och förgör dem; han utvidgar deras gränser, men för dem sedan bort.
24 Stamhövdingar i landet berövar han förståndet, han leder dem vilse i väglösa ödemarker.
25 De famla i mörkret och hava intet ljus, han kommer dem att ragla såsom druckna.
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
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.
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