Thematic Bible
Job 12:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered and said,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 12:2 (show verse)
"Truly indeed you [are the] people, and wisdom will die with you.
Job 12:3 (show verse)
{I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?
Job 12:4 (show verse)
I am a laughingstock to my friends: '[He] calls on God, and he answers him.' A righteous, blameless man [is] a laughingstock.
Job 12:5 (show verse)
{Those at ease have contempt} for [the] thought of {disaster}, [but it is] ready for those unstable of foot.
Job 12:6 (show verse)
[The] tents of [the] destroyers are at peace, and [there is] security for those who provoke God, [for those] whom God brings into his hand.
Job 12:7 (show verse)
"But ask [the] animals, and they will teach you, and the birds of the heaven, and they will tell you;
Job 12:8 (show verse)
or ask the earth, and it will teach you, and the fishes of the sea will declare to you.
Job 12:9 (show verse)
Who among all of these does not know that Yahweh's hand has done this?
Job 12:10 (show verse)
In whose hand [is] the life of all living things and {the breath of every human being}?
Job 12:11 (show verse)
Does not [the] ear test words and [the] palate taste food for itself?
Job 12:12 (show verse)
Wisdom [is] with [the] aged, and understanding [is in] length of days.
Job 12:13 (show verse)
"With him [are] wisdom and powerful deeds, and to him [belong] counsel and understanding.
Job 12:14 (show verse)
If he tears down, then it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then he cannot be freed.
Job 12:15 (show verse)
Look, [if] he withholds the water, then they dry up; and [if] he sends them out, then they overwhelm [the] land.
Job 12:16 (show verse)
"Strength and sound wisdom [are] with him; [the] deceived and [the] deceiver [are] his.
Job 12:17 (show verse)
He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes fools of judges.
Job 12:18 (show verse)
He loosens [the] fetters of kings, and he binds a loincloth on their loins.
Job 12:19 (show verse)
He leads priests away stripped, and he overthrows {the members of ancient families}.
Job 12:20 (show verse)
He deprives [the] trustworthy of speech, and he takes away [the] discretion of elders.
Job 12:21 (show verse)
He pours contempt on noblemen, and he loosens [the] girdle of [the] mighty.
Job 12:22 (show verse)
"He uncovers mysteries out of darkness, and he brings deep shadow to the light.
Job 12:23 (show verse)
He makes the nations great, then he destroys them; he expands the nations, then he guides them.
Job 12:24 (show verse)
He strips [away] the insight of the heads of the earth's people, and he makes them wander in {a pathless wasteland}.
Job 12:25 (show verse)
They grope [in] the dark {without} light, and he makes them stagger like a drunkard.