Job 12
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Job 12:7-20

7Butaskשְׁאַל־she.'al-H7592nowנָ֣אna'H4994thebeastsבְהֵמ֣וֹתve.he.MotH929, and they shallteachוְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaH3384thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shalltellוְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-H5046thee:
8Orspeakשִׂ֣יחַSi.achH7878to theearthלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776, and it shallteachוְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaH3384thee; and the fishes of theseaהַיָּֽם׃hai.YamH3220shalldeclareוִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvi.sa.pe.RuH5608unto thee.
9Who knowethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theseאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428, that thehandיַד־yad-H3027ofLORDיְ֝הוָהYah.wehH3068hath wrought this?
10Inwhoseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834handבְּ֭יָדוֹbe.ya.doH3027is thesoulנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315ofeveryH3605livingחָ֑יChaiH2416thingH3605, and thebreathוְ֝ר֗וּחַve.Ru.achH7307ofallH3605mankindבְּשַׂר־be.sar-H1320.
11DothnotH3808theearאֹ֭זֶן'O.zenH241tryתִּבְחָ֑ןtiv.ChanH974wordsמִלִּ֣יןmi.LinH4405,evenH3808as thepalateוְ֝חֵ֗ךְve.ChekhH2441tastethitsיִטְעַם־yit.'am-H2938meat?
12WithagedH3453menH3453iswisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451, and inlengthוְאֹ֖רֶךְve.'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117understandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394.
13With him iswisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451and might; he hathcounselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098andunderstandingוּתְבוּנָֽה׃u.te.vu.NahH8394.
14Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005, he breakethdownיַ֭הֲרוֹסYa.ha.rosH2040, and itcannotH3808bebuiltיִבָּנֶ֑הyi.ba.NehH1129again; he shuttethupעַל־'al-H5921amanאִ֝֗ישׁ'IshH376, and therecanH3808benoH3808opening.
15Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005, he withholdeth thewatersבַּמַּ֣יִםba.Ma.yimH4325, and theydryוְיִבָ֑שׁוּve.yi.Va.shuH3001upH3001;againH7971, he sendeth themoutH7971, and they overturn theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.
16With him isstrengthעֹ֣ז'ozH5797and effectual working; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, andjudgesוְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥יםve.sho.fe.TimH8199maketh he fools.
18He looseth the bond ofkingsמְלָכִ֣יםme.la.KhimH4428, and bindeth theirloinsבְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃be.ma.te.nei.HemH4975with agirdleאֵ֝ז֗וֹר'e.ZorH232.
19He leadethpriestsכֹּהֲנִ֣יםko.ha.NimH3548away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20He removeth thespeechשָׂ֭פָהSa.fahH8193of the trusty, and takethawayמֵסִ֣ירme.SirH5493the understanding of theeldersזְקֵנִ֣יםze.ke.NimH2205.
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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain