旧约 - 约伯记(Job)第12章

Then Job replied:
"Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered--a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure--those who carry their god in their hands.
"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.
Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
"To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released.
If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
To him belong strength and victory; both deceived and deceiver are his.
He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.
He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.
He leads priests away stripped and overthrows men long established.
He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.
They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
约伯记第十二章   第 12 章 

  伯 12 章 > 约伯是如何反驳三个朋友的?他说的有理吗? 

  12 章 约伯以极大的嘲讽回答琐法的论点:“你们死亡,智慧也就灭没了。”并对他的三个朋友表示不需要向他说教,他们并没有讲出他所不知道的事情( 12:7-9 ; 13:1-2 ),并完全误解了约伯受苦的原因。约伯虽不知道这原因,但他肯定三个朋友所说的理由是狭隘错误的。于是约伯再次求神给他答案( 13:3 )。 

  伯 12:24-25> 向人寻求答案有否令你失望?你有没有求神指教呢? 

  12:24-25 约伯肯定除神以外,没有一位领袖有真正的智慧,没有任何研究结果或报告可以超出神的意念,也没有任何科学发现或医学进展能令神吃惊。在我们寻求指点来作决定时,我们必须认识到世上任何智慧都无法与神的智慧相提并论。──《灵修版圣经注释》