--- title: Job 12 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 12 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then Job answered and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 12 # Job 12 25 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [12:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.1/) — וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then Job answered and said: - [12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.2/) — אָמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם־עָם וְעִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָֽה׃ — No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. - [12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.3/) — גַּם־לִי לֵבָב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶם לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה׃ — But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these? - [12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.4/) — שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶה קֹרֵא לֶאֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵהוּ שְׂחוֹק צַדִּיק תָּמִֽים׃ — I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock, - [12:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.5/) — לַפִּיד בּוּז לְעַשְׁתּוּת שַׁאֲנָן נָכוֹן לְמוֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃ — A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth. - [12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.6/) — יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹֽהָלִים ׀ לְשֹׁדְדִים וּֽבַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל לַאֲשֶׁר הֵבִיא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ — The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand. - [12:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.7/) — וְֽאוּלָם שְׁאַל־נָא בְהֵמוֹת וְתֹרֶךָּ וְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ׃ — But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee; - [12:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.8/) — אוֹ שִׂיחַ לָאָרֶץ וְתֹרֶךָּ וִֽיסַפְּרוּ לְךָ דְּגֵי הַיָּֽם׃ — Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee; - [12:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.9/) — מִי לֹא־יָדַע בְּכָל־אֵלֶּה כִּי יַד־יְהוָה עָשְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃ — Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? - [12:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.10/) — אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כָּל־חָי וְרוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃ — In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. — - [12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.11/) — הֲלֹא־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לֽוֹ׃ — Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food? - [12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.12/) — בִּֽישִׁישִׁים חָכְמָה וְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים תְּבוּנָֽה׃ — Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? — - [12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.13/) — עִמּוֹ חָכְמָה וּגְבוּרָה לוֹ עֵצָה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ — With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. - [12:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.14/) — הֵן יַהֲרוֹס וְלֹא יִבָּנֶה יִסְגֹּר עַל־אִישׁ וְלֹא יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃ — Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. - [12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.15/) — הֵן יַעְצֹר בַּמַּיִם וְיִבָשׁוּ וִֽישַׁלְּחֵם וְיַהַפְכוּ אָֽרֶץ׃ — Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. - [12:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.16/) — עִמּוֹ עֹז וְתֽוּשִׁיָּהלוֹ שֹׁגֵג וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃ — With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His. - [12:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.17/) — מוֹלִיךְ יוֹעֲצִים שׁוֹלָל וְֽשֹׁפְטִים יְהוֹלֵֽל׃ — He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools. - [12:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.18/) — מוּסַר מְלָכִים פִּתֵּחַ וַיֶּאְסֹר אֵזוֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃ — He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle. - [12:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.19/) — מוֹלִיךְ כֹּהֲנִים שׁוֹלָל וְאֵֽתָנִים יְסַלֵּֽף׃ — He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty. - [12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.20/) — מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים וְטַעַם זְקֵנִים יִקָּֽח׃ — He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders. - [12:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.21/) — שׁוֹפֵךְ בּוּז עַל־נְדִיבִים וּמְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים רִפָּֽה׃ — He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong. - [12:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.22/) — מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵא לָאוֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ — He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. - [12:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.23/) — מַשְׂגִּיא לַגּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵם שֹׁטֵחַ לַגּוֹיִם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃ — He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away. - [12:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.24/) — מֵסִיר לֵב רָאשֵׁי עַם־הָאָרֶץ וַיַּתְעֵם בְּתֹהוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃ — He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. - [12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.25/) — יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אוֹר וַיַּתְעֵם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ — They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. - ← previous: [Job 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/11/) - next →: [Job 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/13/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)