Jb 12 (King James)

   ¹ And Job answered and said, ² No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. ³ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? ⁴ I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. ⁵ He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
   ⁶ The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. ⁷ But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: ⁸ Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. ⁹ Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? ¹⁰ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. ¹¹ Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
   ¹² With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. ¹³ With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. ¹⁴ Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. ¹⁵ Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. ¹⁶ With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. ¹⁷ He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. ¹⁸ He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. ¹⁹ He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. ²⁰ He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. ²¹ He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. ²² He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. ²³ He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. ²⁴ He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. ²⁵ They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Jb 12 (Vulgate)

   ¹ Respondens autem Job, dixit :
   ² [Ergo vos estis soli homines,
et vobiscum morietur sapientia ?
   ³ Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum ;
quis enim hæc quæ nostis ignorat ?
   ⁴ Qui deridetur ab amico suo, sicut ego,
invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum :
deridetur enim justi simplicitas.
   ⁵ Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum
parata ad tempus statutum.
   ⁶ Abundant tabernacula prædonum,
et audacter provocant Deum,
cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum.
   ⁷ Nimirum interroga jumenta, et docebunt te ;
et volatilia cæli, et indicabunt tibi.
   ⁸ Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi,
et narrabunt pisces maris.
   ⁹ Quis ignorat quod omnia hæc manus Domini fecerit ?
   ¹⁰ In cujus manu anima omnis viventis,
et spiritus universæ carnis hominis.
   ¹¹ Nonne auris verba dijudicat ?
et fauces comedentis, saporem ?
   ¹² In antiquis est sapientia,
et in multo tempore prudentia.
   ¹³ Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo ;
ipse habet consilium et intelligentiam.
   ¹⁴ Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet ;
si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat.
   ¹⁵ Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur ;
et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram.
   ¹⁶ Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia ;
ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur.
   ¹⁷ Adducit consiliarios in stultum finem,
et judices in stuporem.
   ¹⁸ Balteum regum dissolvit,
et præcingit fune renes eorum.
   ¹⁹ Ducit sacerdotes inglorios,
et optimates supplantat :
   ²⁰ commutans labium veracium,
et doctrinam senum auferens.
   ²¹ Effundit despectionem super principes,
eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans.
   ²² Qui revelat profunda de tenebris,
et producit in lucem umbram mortis.
   ²³ Qui multiplicat gentes, et perdit eas,
et subversas in integrum restituit.
   ²⁴ Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ,
et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium :
   ²⁵ palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce,
et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.]