Verse 12
Job 12:12
Young's Literal Translation
12
With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בִּֽ/ישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְ/אֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה
English Translation
In wisdom is life, and length of days in understanding.
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Chapter 12 Context
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And Job answereth and saith: --
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Truly -- ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
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I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?
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A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God (Elohim), and He answereth him,' A laughter [is] t...
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A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.
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At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God (Elohim) have confidence, He into whose...
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And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, An...
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Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:
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'Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?
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In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
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Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?
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With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding.
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With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding.
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Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.
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Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn th...
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With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.
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Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.
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The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.
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Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth.
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Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.
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Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
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Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.
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Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
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Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vac...
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They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
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