## Job Chapter 12

###### Job 12:1
[Job 12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:1)

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Iyyov answered and said,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then Iyyov raised his voice and said:


###### Job 12:2
[Job 12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:2)

אׇ֭מְנָם כִּ֣י אַתֶּם־עָ֑ם וְ֝עִמָּכֶ֗ם תָּמ֥וּת חׇכְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
True, you are the people [and its princes] and wisdom will perish with you.


###### Job 12:3
[Job 12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:3)

גַּם־לִ֤י לֵבָ֨ב**׀** כְּֽמוֹכֶ֗ם לֹא־נֹפֵ֣ל אָנֹכִ֣י מִכֶּ֑ם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵ֥ין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knows not such things as these?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[But] I, too, have a heart as you do. I am not lesser than you; and who does not [know these things just] as these [i.e., just as you do]?


###### Job 12:4
[Job 12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:4)

שְׂחֹ֤ק לְרֵעֵ֨הוּ**׀** אֶהְיֶ֗ה קֹרֵ֣א לֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ שְׂ֝ח֗וֹק צַדִּ֥יק תָּמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am as one who is become a laughing stock to his friend; that called upon God and he answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing stock.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I am [one] who has become a laughingstock to his friend, and calls out to G d, who answers him [(that in return for this He will give him)] the true laughter of the righteous one.


###### Job 12:5
[Job 12:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:5)

לַפִּ֣יד בּ֭וּז לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת שַׁאֲנָ֑ן נָ֝כ֗וֹן לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Contempt is ready in the thought of him that is at ease, for those that are ruined, that slip with their feet.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And I also know, just as you, that)] the torch of [the] shame [of Gehinnom awaits] him who is at ease in [his] thoughts, [saying: "I shall be at peace," and that] he is prepared [to join the ranks of] "those whose foot slips."


###### Job 12:6
[Job 12:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:6)

יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ אֹהָלִ֨ים**׀** לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵי אֵ֑ל לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵבִ֖יא אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The tents of robbers prosper, and they who provoke God are secure; they who bring their God in their hand.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And I also know, just as you, that for many days [until their ultimate destruction])] the tents of robbers are at peace, and those who anger G d dwell secure, [and that with all] that G d has brought [to the evildoer, the "hour" plays into] his hand.


###### Job 12:7
[Job 12:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:7)

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל־נָ֣א בְהֵמ֣וֹת וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וְע֥וֹף הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם וְיַגֶּד־לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the birds of the sky, and they shall tell thee:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Ask [even] the beasts and they will teach [these things to] you, and the birds of heaven will tell you.


###### Job 12:8
[Job 12:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:8)

א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָאָ֣רֶץ וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will tell you.


###### Job 12:9
[Job 12:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:9)

מִ֭י לֹא־יָדַ֣ע בְּכׇל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֥י יַד־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who knows not among all these that the hand of the Lord has done this;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who would not know by all these that the hand of the L rd has wrought this?


###### Job 12:10
[Job 12:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:10)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ נֶ֣פֶשׁ כׇּל־חָ֑י וְ֝ר֗וּחַ כׇּל־בְּשַׂר־אִֽישׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
That in His hand is the spirit of all living things and the spirit of all mortal flesh?


###### Job 12:11
[Job 12:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:11)

הֲלֹא־אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ אֹ֣כֶל יִטְעַם־לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Does not the ear try words as the palate tastes food?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Will not the ear [which hears what He has wrought] not discern [the implications of these] words just as the palate tastes food?


###### Job 12:12
[Job 12:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:12)

בִּישִׁישִׁ֥ים חׇכְמָ֑ה וְאֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
With aged men is wisdom; and length of days brings understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is wisdom in the old and understanding in the long-lived


###### Job 12:13
[Job 12:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:13)

עִ֭מּוֹ חׇכְמָ֣ה וּגְבוּרָ֑ה ל֝֗וֹ עֵצָ֥ה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
With him is wisdom and might, he has counsel and understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[to know that] with Him is wisdom and strength; with Him is counsel and understanding.


###### Job 12:14
[Job 12:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:14)

הֵ֣ן יַ֭הֲרוֹס וְלֹ֣א יִבָּנֶ֑ה יִסְגֹּ֥ר עַל־אִ֝֗ישׁ וְלֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When He destroys, none can rebuild. When He imprisons a man, none can free him.


###### Job 12:15
[Job 12:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:15)

הֵ֤ן יַעְצֹ֣ר בַּמַּ֣יִם וְיִבָ֑שׁוּ וִ֝ישַׁלְּחֵ֗ם וְיַ֖הַפְכוּ־אָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: then he sends them out, and they overwhelm the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When He holds back the waters, the land is dry; when He sends them forth [(as He did in the generation of Enosh, when He flooded a third of the world)], they overturn the earth.


###### Job 12:16
[Job 12:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:16)

עִ֭מּוֹ עֹ֣ז וְתוּשִׁיָּ֑ה ל֝֗וֹ שֹׁגֵ֥ג וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
With him is strength and sound wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He is the source of strength and weakness. His is the strayer and the one who causes [men] to stray [i.e., the Satan].


###### Job 12:17
[Job 12:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:17)

מוֹלִ֣יךְ יוֹעֲצִ֣ים שׁוֹלָ֑ל וְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥ים יְהוֹלֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He leads counsellors away bereft of counsel, and makes judges fools.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He leads counselors into folly and makes judges foolish.


###### Job 12:18
[Job 12:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:18)

מוּסַ֣ר מְלָכִ֣ים פִּתֵּ֑חַ וַיֶּאְסֹ֥ר אֵ֝ז֗וֹר בְּמׇתְנֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He looses the bond of kings, and binds their loins with a girdle.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He unties the bonds of kings [e.g., Nevuchadnezzar] just as He buckles the belt on their thighs [(to "gird" them into kingship)].


###### Job 12:19
[Job 12:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:19)

מוֹלִ֣יךְ כֹּהֲנִ֣ים שׁוֹלָ֑ל וְאֵ֖תָנִ֣ים יְסַלֵּֽף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He leads priests away bereft of dignity, and overthrows the mighty.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He leads princes away with folly and twists the mighty.


###### Job 12:20
[Job 12:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:20)

מֵסִ֣יר שָׂ֭פָה לְנֶאֱמָנִ֑ים וְטַ֖עַם זְקֵנִ֣ים יִקָּֽח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He removes the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He [sometimes] removes speech [even] from the faithful [(viz., e.g., Genesis 15:6, followed by 8] and takes the acumen of the elders.


###### Job 12:21
[Job 12:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:21)

שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וּמְזִ֖יחַ אֲפִיקִ֣ים רִפָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the belt of the mighty.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He spills contempt upon the lordly and loosens the buckler of the mighty.


###### Job 12:22
[Job 12:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:22)

מְגַלֶּ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵ֖א לָא֣וֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He reveals [to man] what is profounder than darkness and brings shadows to light.


###### Job 12:23
[Job 12:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:23)

מַשְׂגִּ֣יא לַ֭גּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם שֹׁטֵ֥חַ לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He makes nations great and destroys them: he disperses nations, and guides them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He raises nations and destroys them [(through their pride)], spreads nations out [(over the earth)] and leads them [(into exile)].


###### Job 12:24
[Job 12:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:24)

מֵסִ֗יר לֵ֭ב רָאשֵׁ֣י עַם־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He removes the wisdom of the leaders of the people, and they lead them into a void that is not a path.


###### Job 12:25
[Job 12:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/12:25)

יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־א֑וֹר וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They feel in the darkness and not in light and He leads them astray as drunkards.