New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (nwt, en_US, 2013)

Job

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

Job, 12

1 Then Job said in reply:

2 “Surely you are the people who know,*1 And wisdom will die out with you!

  1. Lit., “you are the people.”

3 But I too have understanding.*1 I am not inferior to you. Who does not know these things?

  1. Lit., “a heart.”

4 I have become a laughingstock to my companions, One calling to God for an answer. A righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.

5 The carefree person has contempt for calamity, Thinking it is only for those whose feet are unsteady.*1

  1. Or “slipping.”

6 The tents of robbers are at peace, And those who provoke God are secure, Those who have their god in their hands.

7 However, ask, please, the animals, and they will instruct you; Also the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you.

8 Or give consideration*1 to the earth, and it will instruct you; And the fish of the sea will declare it to you.

  1. Or possibly, “speak.”

9 Who among all these does not know That the hand of Jehovah has done this?

10 In his hand is the life of every living thing*1 And the spirit*2 of every human.*3

  1. Or “the soul of everyone alive.”

  2. Or “breath.”

  3. Lit., “of all flesh of man.”

11 Does not the ear test out words As the tongue*1 tastes food?

  1. Lit., “palate.”

12 Is not wisdom found among the aged, And does not understanding come with a long life?

13 With him there are wisdom and mightiness; He has counsel and understanding.

14 When he tears something down, it cannot be rebuilt; What he has shut, no man can open.

15 When he withholds the waters, everything dries up; When he sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

16 With him there are strength and practical wisdom; To him belong the one going astray and the one leading astray;

17 He makes counselors go barefoot,*1 And he makes fools of judges.

  1. Or “stripped of everything.”

18 He loosens the bonds imposed by kings, And he binds a belt around their waist.

19 He makes priests walk barefoot, And he overthrows those who are firmly established in power;

20 He deprives trusted advisers of speech And takes away the sensibleness of old men;*1

  1. Or “of elders.”

21 He pours out contempt upon nobles, And he makes powerful ones weak;*1

  1. Lit., “loosens the belt of powerful ones.”

22 He reveals deep things from the darkness, And he brings deep darkness into the light;

23 He makes nations grow great in order to destroy them; He enlarges nations, that he may lead them into exile.

24 He takes away the understanding*1 of the leaders of the people And makes them wander in trackless wastelands.

  1. Lit., “heart.”

25 They grope in darkness, where there is no light; He makes them wander about like drunken men.

< Capítulo Anterior | Topo | Próximo Capítulo >