Thematic Bible
Job 12:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered:
No Themes for this verse.
Job 12:2 (show verse)
"Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Job 12:3 (show verse)
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
Job 12:4 (show verse)
I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered -- a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
Job 12:5 (show verse)
For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate) -- a fate for those whose feet slip!
Job 12:6 (show verse)
But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.
Job 12:7 (show verse)
"But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.
Job 12:8 (show verse)
Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.
Job 12:9 (show verse)
Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this,
Job 12:10 (show verse)
in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.
Job 12:11 (show verse)
Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?
Job 12:12 (show verse)
Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
Job 12:13 (show verse)
"With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
Job 12:14 (show verse)
If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
Job 12:15 (show verse)
If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.
Job 12:16 (show verse)
With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.
Job 12:17 (show verse)
He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.
Job 12:18 (show verse)
He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.
Job 12:19 (show verse)
He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
Job 12:20 (show verse)
He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Job 12:21 (show verse)
He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.
Job 12:22 (show verse)
He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.
Job 12:23 (show verse)
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.
Job 12:24 (show verse)
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.
Job 12:25 (show verse)
They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.