Job 12
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1And Job answered and said,
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2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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3But 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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4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
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5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
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8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
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10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
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11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
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13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
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14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
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18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
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22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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24He 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.
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25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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Chapter 12
Cross References
Job 12:2
Job 17:10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man a...1 Corinthians 6:5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not...Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.Proverbs 28:11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding se...Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be...
Job 12:3
Job 13:2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.Job 6:6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the...Proverbs 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.2 Corinthians 11:5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.2 Corinthians 11:21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoeve...
Job 12:4
Job 21:3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.Job 17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I w...Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would...Job 17:2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocati...
Job 12:5
Matthew 25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone...Psalms 17:5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put ou...Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall n...Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Job 12:6
Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the jud...Psalms 73:11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?Psalms 17:14From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their por...Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tr...
Job 12:7
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not kno...Proverbs 6:6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the...Job 21:29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
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Isaiah 41:20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the han...Jeremiah 27:5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my gre...Romans 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ev...Daniel 9:17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications,...Acts 19:35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what...
Job 12:10
Acts 17:28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own po...Job 33:4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me lif...Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all f...Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he...Job 27:3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
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Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.Philippians 1:10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and withou...Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason...Job 6:30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?1 Peter 2:3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
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Job 36:5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdo...Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against h...Proverbs 2:6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,...Ephesians 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to t...
Job 12:14
Isaiah 22:22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open...Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that...Malachi 1:4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desola...1 Samuel 17:46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and t...Job 37:7He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Cross References
Job 12:2
Job 17:10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man a...1 Corinthians 6:5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not...Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.Proverbs 28:11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding se...Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be...
Job 12:3
Job 13:2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.Job 6:6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the...Proverbs 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.2 Corinthians 11:5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.2 Corinthians 11:21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoeve...
Job 12:4
Job 21:3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.Job 17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I w...Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would...Job 17:2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocati...
Job 12:5
Matthew 25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone...Psalms 17:5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put ou...Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall n...Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Job 12:6
Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the jud...Psalms 73:11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?Psalms 17:14From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their por...Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tr...
Job 12:7
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not kno...Proverbs 6:6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the...Job 21:29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
Job 12:9
Isaiah 41:20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the han...Jeremiah 27:5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my gre...Romans 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ev...Daniel 9:17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications,...Acts 19:35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what...
Job 12:10
Acts 17:28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own po...Job 33:4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me lif...Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all f...Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he...Job 27:3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job 12:11
Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.Philippians 1:10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and withou...Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason...Job 6:30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?1 Peter 2:3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Job 12:12
Job 12:13
Job 36:5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdo...Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against h...Proverbs 2:6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,...Ephesians 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to t...
Job 12:14
Isaiah 22:22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open...Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that...Malachi 1:4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desola...1 Samuel 17:46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and t...Job 37:7He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.