Job 12:1 約伯回答說、
Job 12:1 And Job answered and said,
Job 12:2 你們真是子民哪、你們死亡、智慧也就滅沒了。
Job 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 12:3 但我也有聰明、與你們一樣.並非不及你們.你們所說的、誰不知道呢。
Job 12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 12:4 我這求告 神、蒙他應允的人、竟成了朋友所譏笑的.公義完全人、竟受了人的譏笑。
Job 12:4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Job 12:5 安逸的人心裏藐視災禍.這災禍常常等待滑腳的人。
Job 12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 12:6 強盜的帳棚興旺、惹 神的人穩固. 神多將財物送到他們手中。
Job 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Job 12:7 你且問走獸、走獸必指教你.又問空中的飛鳥、飛鳥必告訴你.
Job 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Job 12:8 或與地說話、地必指教你.海中的魚、也必向你說明。
Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job 12:9 看這一切、誰不知道是耶和華的手作成的呢。
Job 12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Job 12:10 凡活物的生命、和人類的氣息、都在他手中。
Job 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:11 耳朵豈不試驗言語、正如上膛嘗食物麼。
Job 12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Job 12:12 年老的有智慧、壽高的有知識。
Job 12:12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job 12:13 在 神有智慧和能力.他有謀略和知識。
Job 12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
Job 12:14 他拆毀的、就不能再建造.他捆住人、便不得開釋。
Job 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Job 12:15 他把水留住、水便枯乾.他再發出水來、水就翻地。
Job 12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 12:16 在他有能力和智慧、被誘惑的、與誘惑人的、都是屬他。
Job 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 12:17 他把謀士剝衣擄去、又使審判官變成愚人。
Job 12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Job 12:18 他放鬆君王的綁、又用帶子捆他們的腰。
Job 12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Job 12:19 他把祭司剝衣擄去、又使有能的人傾敗.
Job 12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Job 12:20 他廢去忠信人的講論、又奪去老人的聰明。
Job 12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Job 12:21 他使君王蒙羞被辱、放鬆有力之人的腰帶。
Job 12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Job 12:22 他將深奧的事從黑暗中彰顯、使死蔭顯為光明。
Job 12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Job 12:23 他使邦國興旺而又毀滅.他使邦國開廣而又擄去。
Job 12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Job 12:24 他將地上民中首領的聰明奪去、使他們在荒廢無路之地漂流。
Job 12:24 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.
Job 12:25 他們無光、在黑暗中摸索、又使他們東倒西歪、像醉酒的人一樣。
Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.