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Themes in Job 12

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Themes in Job 12

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Job 12:1 (show verse)

Then Job responded,

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Job 12:2 (show verse)

“Truly then you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!

Irony » Instances of » Job to his accusers
Sarcasm » Instances of » Job to zophar

Job 12:3 (show verse)

“But I have intelligence as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
And who does not know such things as these?

Sarcasm » Instances of » Job to zophar

Job 12:4 (show verse)

“I am a joke to my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and blameless man is a joke.

Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Saints » Death of » Despised
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their uprightness
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Saints despised
Uprightness » They who walk in » Scorned by the wicked

Job 12:5 (show verse)

“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.

Feet » Illustrative » (sliding,) of yielding to temptation
Prosperity » The prosperous people despise the unfortunate people

Job 12:6 (show verse)

“The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,

Whom God brings into their power.

Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Prosperity » Of the wicked, general references to
Tents » Called » Tabernacles
Theft » The wicked » May, for a season, prosper in
Wicked people » Prosperity of
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Prosperity of

Job 12:7 (show verse)

“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.

Animals » Habits of
Atheism » Arguments against
Beasts » Lessons of wisdom to be learned from
Birds » Lessons of wisdom to be learned from
Design » In nature, evidence of
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural

Job 12:8 (show verse)

“Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you;
And let the fish of the sea declare to you.

Animals » Habits of
Atheism » Arguments against
Design » In nature, evidence of
Fishes » Made for God's glory
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural

Job 12:9 (show verse)

“Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

Atheism » Arguments against
Design » In nature, evidence of
Fishes » Made for God's glory
God » What is in hand of the lord God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found

Job 12:10 (show verse)

In whose hand is the life of every living thing,

And the breath of all mankind?

Atheism » Arguments against
Design » In nature, evidence of
God » What is in hand of the lord God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
natural Life » Is in the hand of God
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found

Job 12:11 (show verse)

“Does not the ear test words,
As the palate tastes its food?

Atheism » Arguments against
Design » In nature, evidence of
ears » Capable of trying and distinguishing words
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found

Job 12:12 (show verse)

“Wisdom is with aged men,
With long life is understanding.

Atheism » Arguments against
Experience (knowledge experimental) » General references to
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Hairs » White or gray » An emblem of wisdom
Knowledge » Knowledge, experimental » General references to
experimental Knowledge » General references to
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found

Job 12:13 (show verse)

“With Him are wisdom and might;
To Him belong counsel and understanding.

Atheism » Arguments against
God » Wisdom of » Wisdom of God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » God's
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found

Job 12:14 (show verse)

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He

imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

Atheism » Arguments against
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found

Job 12:15 (show verse)

“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.

Job 12:16 (show verse)

“With Him are strength and sound wisdom,
The misled and the misleader belong to Him.

Job 12:17 (show verse)

“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.

Job 12:18 (show verse)

“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.

Job 12:19 (show verse)

“He makes priests walk barefoot
And overthrows the secure ones.

Atheism » Arguments against
Government » Of God » Manifested in the control of men
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence

Job 12:20 (show verse)

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

Job 12:21 (show verse)

“He pours contempt on nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong.

Job 12:22 (show verse)

“He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.

Atheism » Arguments against
death » Nearness of » Shadow of
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence

Job 12:23 (show verse)

“He makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.

Atheism » Arguments against
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Judgments » Are from God
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence

Job 12:24 (show verse)

“He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Atheism » Arguments against
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence

Job 12:25 (show verse)

“They grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

Atheism » Arguments against