- 12:1 Then Job answered and said,
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约伯回答说，
- 12:2 Surely then you are the people, And wisdom will die with you.
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你们真是有智慧的子民哪，你们死亡，智慧也就灭没了。
- 12:3 I also have understanding as you do; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know things like these?
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但我也有聪明，与你们一样；我并非不及你们。你们所说这样的事，谁不知道呢？
- 12:4 I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I, who have called out to God and He answers me. The righteous man, the perfect man, is a laughingstock.
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我这呼求神、蒙祂应允的人，竟成了朋友所讥笑的；公义完全的人，竟成了人所讥笑的。
- 12:5 There is contempt for calamity in the thought of him who is at ease: It is prepared for those whose foot slips.
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安逸的人心里藐视灾祸；这灾祸常常等待滑脚的人。
- 12:6 The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God have security, Those who carry their god in their own might.
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强盗的帐棚兴旺，惹神发怒的人稳固，这些人将自己的能力当作神。
- 12:7 But ask now of the beasts, and they will teach you; And of the birds of heaven, and they will tell you.
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你且问走兽，走兽必指教你；又问空中的飞鸟，飞鸟必告诉你；
- 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will declare to you.
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或与地说话，地必指教你；海中的鱼，也必向你说明。
- 12:9 Who among all these does not know That the hand of Jehovah has done this,
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在这一切之中，谁不知道这是耶和华的手作成的呢？
- 12:10 In whose hand is the life of every living thing And the breath of all flesh of man?
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凡活物的生命，和一切血肉之人的气息，都在祂手中。
- 12:11 Does not the ear try words Even as the palate tastes food for itself?
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耳朵岂不试验言语，正如上膛品尝食物么？
- 12:12 In aged men, you say, there is wisdom, And in length of days there is understanding.
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你们说，年老的有智慧，寿高的有辨识。
- 12:13 But with Him are wisdom and might; Counsel and understanding are His.
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其实智慧和能力乃在于神；谋略和辨识都属于祂。
- 12:14 Indeed, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He shuts a man up, and the door cannot be opened.
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看哪，祂拆毁的，就不能再建造；祂将人禁闭，便不得开释。
- 12:15 Indeed, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them forth, and they overturn the earth.
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祂把水留住，水便枯干；祂发出水来，水就翻地。
- 12:16 With Him are strength and effectual wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are His.
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在祂有能力和智慧；被欺骗的与欺骗人的，都属于祂。
- 12:17 He leads counselors away stripped, And He makes fools of judges.
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祂把谋士剥衣掳去，又使审判官变成愚人。
- 12:18 He loosens the fetters of kings And binds their loins with a belt.
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祂放松君王的绑，又用带子捆他们的腰。
- 12:19 He leads priests away stripped, And He overturns dignitaries.
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祂把祭司剥衣掳去，又使有权势的人倾败。
- 12:20 He removes the utterance of the trusty And takes away the counsel of the elders.
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祂废去忠信人的讲论，又夺去老年人的谋略。
- 12:21 He pours contempt upon the princes And loosens the belt of the strong.
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祂使贵胄蒙羞被辱，又放松壮士的腰带。
- 12:22 He uncovers the depths out of darkness And brings to light the shadow of death.
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祂将深奥的事从黑暗中显露出来，使死荫显为光明。
- 12:23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He expands nations and leads them off.
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祂使邦国兴旺，又将其毁灭；祂使邦国开广，又将其掳去。
- 12:24 He removes the understanding of the heads of the people of the earth And causes them to wander in a pathless waste.
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祂将地上民中首领的聪明夺去，使他们在荒废无路之地飘流。
- 12:25 They grope in darkness, and there is no light; And He causes them to stagger like a drunken man.
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他们无光，在黑暗中摸索；祂使他们东倒西歪，像醉酒的人一样。