Job 12

And Job answered and said,

respondens autem Iob dixit

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

ergo vos estis soli homines et vobiscum morietur sapientia

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

et mihi est cor sicut et vobis nec inferior vestri sum quis enim haec quae nostis ignorat

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

qui deridetur ab amico suo sicut ego invocabit Deum et exaudiet eum deridetur enim iusti simplicitas

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

abundant tabernacula praedonum et audacter provocant Deum cum ipse dederit omnia in manibus eorum

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

nimirum interroga iumenta et docebunt te et volatilia caeli et indicabunt tibi

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

loquere terrae et respondebit tibi et narrabunt pisces maris

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

quis ignorat quod omnia haec manus Domini fecerit

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

in cuius manu anima omnis viventis et spiritus universae carnis hominis

Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

nonne auris verba diiudicat et fauces comedentis saporem

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

in antiquis est sapientia et in multo tempore prudentia

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo ipse habet consilium et intellegentiam

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

si destruxerit nemo est qui aedificet et si incluserit hominem nullus est qui aperiat

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

si continuerit aquas omnia siccabuntur et si emiserit eas subvertent terram

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia ipse novit et decipientem et eum qui decipitur

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

adducit consiliarios in stultum finem et iudices in stuporem

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

balteum regum dissolvit et praecingit fune renes eorum

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

ducit sacerdotes inglorios et optimates subplantat

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

commutans labium veracium et doctrinam senum auferens

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

effundit despectionem super principes et eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

qui revelat profunda de tenebris et producit in lucem umbram mortis

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

qui multiplicat gentes et perdet eas et subversas in integrum restituet

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.

qui inmutat cor principum populi terrae et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

palpabunt quasi in tenebris et non in luce et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios