Thematic Bible

Job 12:1

Then Job answered:
No Themes for this verse.

Job 12:2

No doubt you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you!

Job 12:3

But I also have a mind;
I am not inferior to you.
Who doesn’t know the things you are talking about?

Job 12:4

I am a laughingstock to my friends,
by calling on God, who answers me.
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Job 12:5

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.

Job 12:7

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;
let the fish of the sea inform you.

Job 12:9

Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?

Job 12:10

The life of every living thing is in His hand,
as well as the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:11

Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

Job 12:12

Wisdom is found with the elderly,
and understanding comes with long life.

Job 12:13

Wisdom and strength belong to God;
counsel and understanding are His.

Job 12:14

Whatever He tears down cannot be rebuilt;
whoever He imprisons cannot be released.

Job 12:15

When He withholds the waters, everything dries up,
and when He releases them, they destroy the land.

Job 12:16

True wisdom and power belong to Him.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.

Job 12:17

He leads counselors away barefoot
and makes judges go mad.

Job 12:18

He releases the bonds put on by kings
and fastens a belt around their waists.

Job 12:19

He leads priests away barefoot
and overthrows established leaders.

Job 12:20

He deprives trusted advisers of speech
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.

Job 12:21

He pours out contempt on nobles
and disarms the strong.

Job 12:22

He reveals mysteries from the darkness
and brings the deepest darkness into the light.

Job 12:23

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

Job 12:24

He deprives the world’s leaders of reason,
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Job 12:25

They grope around in darkness without light;
He makes them stagger like drunken men.


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