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| Then Job answered: |
וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר׃ | Job. Jb.12.1-14.22 |
| "No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.
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אָמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם־עָם וְעִםָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָה׃ | |
| But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these?
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גַּם־לִי לֵבָב כְּמֹוכֶמ לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי םִכֶּם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵין כְּמֹו־אֵלֶּה׃ | |
| I am a laughingstock to my friends;
I, who called upon God and he answered me,
a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
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שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ אֶהְיֶה קֹרֵא לֶאֱלֹוהַּ וַיַּעֲנֵהוּ שְׂחֹוק צַדִּיק תָּמִים׃ | |
| In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
it is ready for those whose feet slip.
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לַפִּיד בּוּז לְעַשְׁתּוּת שַׁאֲןָן נָכֹון לְמֹועֲדֵי רָגֶל׃ | |
| The tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hand.
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יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהָלִים לְשֹׁדְדִימ וּבַטֻּחֹות לְמַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל
לַאֲשֶׁר הֵבִיא אֱלֹוהַּ בְּיָדֹו׃ | |
| "But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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וְאוּלָם שְׁאַל־נָא בְהֵמֹות וְתֹרֶךָּ וְעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיַגֶּד־לָךְ׃ | |
| or the plants of the earth, and they will teach you;
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
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אֹו שִׂיחַ לָאָרֶץ וְתֹרֶךָּ וִיסַפְּרוּ לְךָ דְּגֵי הַיָּם׃ | |
| Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
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מִי לֹא־יָדַע בְּכָל־אֵלֶּה כִּי יַד־יְהוָה עָשְׂתָה זֹּאת׃ | |
| In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
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אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדֹו נֶפֶשׁ כָּל־חָי וְרוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִישׁ׃ | |
| Does not the ear try words
as the palate tastes food?
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הֲלֹא־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לֹו׃ | |
| Wisdom is with the aged,
and understanding in length of days.
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בִּישִׁישִׁים חָכְמָה וְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים תְּבוּנָה׃ | |
| "With God are wisdom and might;
he has counsel and understanding.
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עִמֹּו חָכְמָה וּגְבוּרָה לֹו עֵצָה וּתְבוּנָה׃ | |
| If he tears down, none can rebuild;
if he shuts a man in, none can open.
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הֵן יַהֲרֹוס וְלֹא יִבָּנֶה יִסְגֹּר עַל־אִישׁ וְלֹא יִפָּתֵחַ׃ | |
| If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
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הֵן יַעְצֹר בַּמַּיִם וְיִבָשׁוּ וִישַׁלְּחֵם וְיַהַפְכוּ אָרֶץ׃ | |
| With him are strength and wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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עִמֹּו עֹז וְתוּשִׁיָּה לֹו שֹׁגֵג וּמַשְׁגֶּה׃ | |
| He leads counselors away stripped,
and judges he makes fools.
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מֹולִיךְ יֹועֲצִים שֹׁולָל וְשֹׁפְטִים יְהֹולֵל׃ | |
| He looses the bonds of kings,
and binds a waistcloth on their loins.
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מוּסַר מְלָכִים פִּתֵּחַ וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזֹור בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם׃ | |
| He leads priests away stripped,
and overthrows the mighty.
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מֹולִיךְ כֹּהֲנִים שֹׁולָל וְאֵתָנִים יְסַלֵּף׃ | |
| He deprives of speech those who are trusted,
and takes away the discernment of the elders.
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מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים וְטַעַם זְקֵנִים יִקָּח׃ | |
| He pours contempt on princes,
and looses the belt of the strong.
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שֹׁופֵךְ בּוּז עַל־נְדִיבִים וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּה׃ | |
| He uncovers the deeps out of darkness,
and brings deep darkness to light.
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מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקֹות מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵא לָאֹור צַלְמָוֶת׃ | |
| He makes nations great, and he destroys them:
he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
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מַשְׂגִּיא לַגֹּויִם וַיְאַבְּדֵם שֹׁטֵחַ לַגֹּויִם וַיַּנְחֵם׃ | |
| He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
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מֵסִיר לֵב רָאשֵׁי עַם־הָאָרֶץ וַיַּתְעֵם בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָרֶךְ׃ | |
| They grope in the dark without light;
and he makes them stagger like a drunken man. |
יְמַשְׁשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֹור וַיַּתְעֵם כַּשִּׁכֹּור׃ | |
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