Job 12

respondens autem Iob dixit

And Job answered and said,

ergo vos estis soli homines et vobiscum morietur sapientia

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

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

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

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

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

lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum

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

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

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

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

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

loquere terrae et respondebit tibi et narrabunt pisces maris

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

quis ignorat quod omnia haec manus Domini fecerit

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

in cuius manu anima omnis viventis et spiritus universae carnis hominis

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

nonne auris verba diiudicat et fauces comedentis saporem

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

in antiquis est sapientia et in multo tempore prudentia

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

apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo ipse habet consilium et intellegentiam

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

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

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

si continuerit aquas omnia siccabuntur et si emiserit eas subvertent terram

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

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

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

adducit consiliarios in stultum finem et iudices in stuporem

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

balteum regum dissolvit et praecingit fune renes eorum

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

ducit sacerdotes inglorios et optimates subplantat

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

commutans labium veracium et doctrinam senum auferens

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

effundit despectionem super principes et eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans

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

qui revelat profunda de tenebris et producit in lucem umbram mortis

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

qui multiplicat gentes et perdet eas et subversas in integrum restituet

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

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

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.

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

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