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12:1
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约伯回答说：
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Then Job answered and said,
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12:2
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你们真是子民哪，你们死亡，智慧也就灭没了。
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No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
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12:3
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但我也有聪明，与你们一样，并非不及你们。你们所说的，谁不知道呢？
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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12:4
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我这求告神、蒙他应允的人竟成了朋友所讥笑的；公义完全人竟受了人的讥笑。
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I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
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12:5
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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。
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In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
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12:6
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强盗的帐棚兴旺，惹神的人稳固，神多将财物送到他们手中。
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The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
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12:7
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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；
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
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12:8
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或与地说话，地必指教你；海中的鱼也必向你说明。
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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12:9
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看这一切，谁不知道是耶和华的手做成的呢？
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Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
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12:10
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凡活物的生命和人类的气息都在他手中。
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In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
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12:11
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耳朵岂不试验言语，正如上膛尝食物吗？
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Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
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12:12
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年老的有智慧；寿高的有知识。
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With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.
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12:13
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在神有智慧和能力；他有谋略和知识。
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With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
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12:14
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他拆毁的，就不能再建造；他捆住人，便不得开释。
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Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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12:15
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他把水留住，水便枯干；他再发出水来，水就翻地。
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Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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12:16
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在他有能力和智慧，被诱惑的与诱惑人的都是属他。
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With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
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12:17
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他把谋士剥衣掳去，又使审判官变成愚人。
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He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
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12:18
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他放松君王的绑，又用带子捆他们的腰。
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He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
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12:19
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他把祭司剥衣掳去，又使有能的人倾败。
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He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
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12:20
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他废去忠信人的讲论，又夺去老人的聪明。
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He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
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12:21
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他使君王蒙羞被辱，放松有力之人的腰带。
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He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
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12:22
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他将深奥的事从黑暗中彰显，使死荫显为光明。
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He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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12:23
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他使邦国兴旺而又毁灭；他使邦国开广而又掳去。
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He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
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12:24
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他将地上民中首领的聪明夺去，使他们在荒废无路之地漂流；
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He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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12:25
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他们无光，在黑暗中摸索，又使他们东倒西歪，像醉酒的人一样。
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They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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