Job 12 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 13

¹“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.

KJVLo, mine eye^H5869 hath seen^H7200^(H8804) all this, mine ear^H241 hath heard^H8085^(H8804) and understood^H995^(H8799) it.

² What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.

KJVWhat ye know^H1847, the same do I know^H3045^(H8804) also: I am not inferior^H5307^(H8802) unto you.

³ “Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

KJVSurely^H199 I would speak^H1696^(H8762) to the Almighty^H7706, and I desire^H2654^(H8799) to reason^H3198^(H8687) with God^H410.

⁴ But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

KJVBut^H199 ye are forgers^H2950^(H8802) of lies^H8267, ye are all physicians^H7495^(H8802) of no value^H457.

⁵ Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

KJVO that^H5414^(H8799) ye would altogether^H2790^(H8687) hold your peace^H2790^(H8686)! and it should be your wisdom^H2451.

⁶ Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) now my reasoning^H8433, and hearken^H7181^(H8685) to the pleadings^H7379 of my lips^H8193.

⁷ Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

KJVWill ye speak^H1696^(H8762) wickedly^H5766 for God^H410? and talk^H1696^(H8762) deceitfully^H7423 for him?

⁸ Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?

KJVWill ye accept^H5375^(H8799) his person^H6440? will ye contend^H7378^(H8799) for God^H410?

⁹ Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

KJVIs it good^H2895^(H8804) that he should search you out^H2713^(H8799)? or as one man^H582 mocketh^H2048^(H8763) another, do ye so mock^H2048^(H8762) him?

¹⁰ He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.

KJVHe will surely^H3198^(H8687) reprove^H3198^(H8686) you, if ye do secretly^H5643 accept^H5375^(H8799) persons^H6440.

¹¹ Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?

KJVShall not his excellency^H7613 make you afraid^H1204^(H8762)? and his dread^H6343 fall^H5307^(H8799) upon you?

¹² Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.

KJVYour remembrances^H2146 are like^H4912 unto ashes^H665, your bodies^H1354 to bodies^H1354 of clay^H2563.

¹³ “Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.

KJVHold your peace^H2790^(H8685), let me alone, that I may speak^H1696^(H8762), and let come^H5674^(H8799) on me what will.

¹⁴ Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

KJVWherefore do I take^H5375^(H8799) my flesh^H1320 in my teeth^H8127, and put^H7760^(H8799) my life^H5315 in mine hand^H3709?

¹⁵ Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

KJVThough^H2005 he slay^H6991^(H8799) me, yet will I trust^H3176^(H8762) in him: but I will maintain^H3198^(H8686) mine own ways^H1870 before^H6440 him.

¹⁶ This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.

KJVHe also shall be my salvation^H3444: for an hypocrite^H2611 shall not come^H935^(H8799) before^H6440 him.

¹⁷ Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) diligently^H8085^(H8800) my speech^H4405, and my declaration^H262 with your ears^H241.

¹⁸ See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.

KJVBehold now, I have ordered^H6186^(H8804) my cause^H4941; I know^H3045^(H8804) that I shall be justified^H6663^(H8799).

¹⁹ Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the spirit.

KJVWho is he that will plead^H7378^(H8799) with me? for now, if I hold my tongue^H2790^(H8686), I shall give up the ghost^H1478^(H8799).

²⁰ “Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:

KJVOnly do^H6213^(H8799) not two^H8147 things unto me: then will I not hide^H5641^(H8735) myself from thee^H6440.

²¹ withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.

KJVWithdraw^H7368 thine hand^H3709 far^H7368^(H8685) from me: and let not thy dread^H367 make me afraid^H1204^(H8762).

²² Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.

KJVThen call^H7121^(H8798) thou, and I will answer^H6030^(H8799): or let me speak^H1696^(H8762), and answer^H7725^(H8685) thou me.

²³ How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.

KJVHow many are mine iniquities^H5771 and sins^H2403? make me to know^H3045^(H8685) my transgression^H6588 and my sin^H2403.

²⁴ Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?

KJVWherefore hidest^H5641^(H8686) thou thy face^H6440, and holdest^H2803^(H8799) me for thine enemy^H341^(H8802)?

²⁵ Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

KJVWilt thou break^H6206^(H8799) a leaf^H5929 driven to and fro^H5086^(H8737)? and wilt thou pursue^H7291^(H8799) the dry^H3002 stubble^H7179?

²⁶ For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

KJVFor thou writest^H3789^(H8799) bitter things^H4846 against me, and makest me to possess^H3423^(H8686) the iniquities^H5771 of my youth^H5271.

²⁷ You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,

KJVThou puttest^H7760^(H8799) my feet^H7272 also in the stocks^H5465, and lookest narrowly^H8104^(H8799) unto all my paths^H734; thou settest a print^H2707^(H8691) upon the heels^H8328 of my feet^H7272.

²⁸ though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

KJVAnd he, as a rotten thing^H7538, consumeth^H1086^(H8799), as a garment^H899 that is moth^H6211 eaten^H398^(H8804).

WEB·Job 12

¹Then Job answered,

KJVAnd Job^H347 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799),

² “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

KJVNo doubt^H551 but ye are the people^H5971, and wisdom^H2451 shall die^H4191^(H8799) with you.

³ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?

KJVBut^H1571 I have understanding^H3824 as well as you; I am not inferior^H5307^(H8802) to you: yea, who knoweth not such things^H3644 as these?

⁴ I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

KJVI am as one mocked^H7814 of his neighbour^H7453, who calleth^H7121^(H8802) upon God^H433, and he answereth^H6030^(H8799) him: the just^H6662 upright^H8549 man is laughed to scorn^H7814.

⁵ In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

KJVHe that is ready^H3559^(H8737) to slip^H4571^(H8802) with his feet^H7272 is as a lamp^H3940 despised^H937 in the thought^H6248 of him that is at ease^H7600.

⁶ The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.

KJVThe tabernacles^H168 of robbers^H7703^(H8802) prosper^H7951^(H8799), and they that provoke^H7264^(H8688) God^H410 are secure^H987; into whose hand^H3027 God^H433 bringeth^H935^(H8689) abundantly.

⁷ “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

KJVBut^H199 ask^H7592^(H8798) now the beasts^H929, and they shall teach^H3384^(H8686) thee; and the fowls^H5775 of the air^H8064, and they shall tell^H5046^(H8686) thee:

⁸ Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.

KJVOr speak^H7878^(H8798) to the earth^H776, and it shall teach^H3384^(H8686) thee: and the fishes^H1709 of the sea^H3220 shall declare^H5608^(H8762) unto thee.

⁹ Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,

KJVWho knoweth^H3045^(H8804) not in all these that the hand^H3027 of the LORD^H3068 hath wrought^H6213^(H8804) this?

¹⁰ in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

KJVIn whose hand^H3027 is the soul^H5315 of every living thing^H2416, and the breath^H7307 of all mankind^H376^H1320.

¹¹ Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

KJVDoth not the ear^H241 try^H974^(H8799) words^H4405? and the mouth^H2441 taste^H2938^(H8799) his meat^H400?

¹² With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

KJVWith the ancient^H3453 is wisdom^H2451; and in length^H753 of days^H3117 understanding^H8394.

¹³ “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

KJVWith him is wisdom^H2451 and strength^H1369, he hath counsel^H6098 and understanding^H8394.

¹⁴ Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

KJVBehold, he breaketh down^H2040^(H8799), and it cannot be built again^H1129^(H8735): he shutteth up^H5462^(H8799) a man^H376, and there can be no opening^H6605^(H8735).

¹⁵ Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

KJVBehold, he withholdeth^H6113^(H8799) the waters^H4325, and they dry up^H3001^(H8799): also he sendeth them out^H7971^(H8762), and they overturn^H2015^(H8799) the earth^H776.

¹⁶ With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

KJVWith him is strength^H5797 and wisdom^H8454: the deceived^H7683^(H8802) and the deceiver^H7686^(H8688) are his.

¹⁷ He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

KJVHe leadeth^H3212^(H8688) counsellors^H3289^(H8802) away spoiled^H7758, and maketh the judges^H8199^(H8802) fools^H1984^(H8779).

¹⁸ He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.

KJVHe looseth^H6605^(H8765) the bond^H4148 of kings^H4428, and girdeth^H631^(H8799) their loins^H4975 with a girdle^H232.

¹⁹ He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.

KJVHe leadeth^H3212^(H8688) princes^H3548 away spoiled^H7758, and overthroweth^H5557^(H8762) the mighty^H386.

²⁰ He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

KJVHe removeth away^H5493^(H8688) the speech^H8193 of the trusty^H539^(H8737), and taketh away^H3947^(H8799) the understanding^H2940 of the aged^H2205.

²¹ He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.

KJVHe poureth^H8210^(H8802) contempt^H937 upon princes^H5081, and weakeneth^H7503^(H8765) the strength^H4206 of the mighty^H650.

²² He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

KJVHe discovereth^H1540^(H8764) deep things^H6013 out of darkness^H2822, and bringeth out^H3318^(H8686) to light^H216 the shadow of death^H6757.

²³ He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

KJVHe increaseth^H7679^(H8688) the nations^H1471, and destroyeth^H6^(H8762) them: he enlargeth^H7849^(H8802) the nations^H1471, and straiteneth^H5148^(H8686) them again.

²⁴ He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

KJVHe taketh away^H5493^(H8688) the heart^H3820 of the chief^H7218 of the people^H5971 of the earth^H776, and causeth them to wander^H8582^(H8686) in a wilderness^H8414 where there is no way^H1870.

²⁵ They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

KJVThey grope^H4959^(H8762) in the dark^H2822 without light^H216, and he maketh them to stagger^H8582^(H8686) like a drunken^H7910 man.

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