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Job 12
67 catchwords385 parallels
Job 12 . 1 , Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him; Job 12 . 7 , He acknowledges the general doctrine of God’s omnipotence.
Job 12:1
Then Job answered:
Job 12:1 · BSB
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Isaiah 27:1 leviathan
Job 12:2
“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
Job 12:2 · BSB
ye are the people14 parallels
Reciprocal7 parallels
- Exodus 4:10 eloquent
- Job 5:27 we have searched
- Job 6:13 and is wisdom
- Job 15:8 thou restrain
- Job 26:2 How hast thou
- Job 32:13 We
- 2 Corinthians 10:12 we dare not
Job 12:3
But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
Job 12:3 · BSB
But I have4 parallels
I am not inferior to you4 parallels
Heb. I fall not lower than you. who knoweth not such things as these. Heb. with whom are not such as these
Reciprocal6 parallels
understanding Heb. an heart
Job 12:4
I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
Job 12:4 · BSB
one mocked11 parallels
calleth4 parallels
the just4 parallels
Reciprocal6 parallels
- Genesis 6:9 just
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 called
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 they laughed
- Job 1:8 upright
- Matthew 2:16 when
- Luke 8:53 laughed
Job 12:5
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
Job 12:5 · BSB
ready4 parallels
a lamp4 parallels
Reciprocal4 parallels
- Job 16:20 scorn me
- Job 21:3 mock on
- Psalm 73:2 steps
- Galatians 4:14 ye
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
Job 12:6 · BSB
tabernacles8 parallels
Reciprocal14 parallels
- Job 5:5 the robber
- Job 15:5 uttereth
- Job 15:13 and lettest
- Job 15:34 the tabernacles
- Job 22:18 he filled
- Job 24:5 the wilderness
- Job 34:36 his answers
- Psalm 92:7 workers
- Jeremiah 5:28 yet
- Jeremiah 12:1 Wherefore doth
- Daniel 8:12 and it practiced
- Malachi 3:15 yea
- Luke 12:16 The ground
- Romans 8:20 the creature
Job 12:7
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
Job 12:7 · BSB
But ask5 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Job 8:10 Shall not
- Job 18:3 Wherefore
- Proverbs 30:24 little
Job 12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
Job 12:8 · BSB
Reciprocal4 parallels
- Genesis 1:25 General
- Job 8:10 Shall not
- Job 18:3 Wherefore
- Proverbs 6:6 the ant
Job 12:9
Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
Job 12:9 · BSB
Who2 parallels
the hand10 parallels
Reciprocal6 parallels
- Genesis 2:1 Thus
- Numbers 26:51 General
- Job 13:1 Lo
- Job 21:16 Lo
- Psalm 17:14 belly
- Isaiah 41:20 General
Job 12:10
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:10 · BSB
whose hand4 parallels
the breath8 parallels
Reciprocal9 parallels
- Numbers 26:51 General
- Numbers 27:16 the Lord
- 1 Kings 17:17 that there was
- Job 12:15 Behold
- Job 14:5 his days
- Job 21:16 Lo
- Psalm 90:3 Thou
- Isaiah 42:5 he that giveth
- Hebrews 12:9 the Father
soul or , life
Job 12:11
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
Job 12:11 · BSB
Doth5 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- 2 Samuel 19:35 can I discern
- Job 6:6 taste
- Isaiah 11:3 understanding
Job 12:12
Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Job 12:12 · BSB
Reciprocal6 parallels
- 1 Kings 12:6 consulted
- 2 Chronicles 10:6 took counsel
- Job 15:7 the first
- Psalm 119:100 understand
- Joel 1:2 ye old
- Titus 2:2 the
Job 12:13
Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
Job 12:13 · BSB
wisdom13 parallels
counsel7 parallels
Reciprocal4 parallels
- 2 Chronicles 10:6 took counsel
- Job 36:24 magnify
- Job 37:23 excellent
- Acts 4:28 and
Job 12:14
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
Job 12:14 · BSB
he breaketh7 parallels
he shutteth7 parallels
Reciprocal11 parallels
- Numbers 26:51 General
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 If I shut up heaven
- Job 3:23 hedged in
- Job 22:23 built up
- Job 23:13 who can
- Job 34:29 who then can behold
- Psalm 88:8 I am shut
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 who
- Jeremiah 13:19 shut
- Ezekiel 26:14 be built
- Hosea 5:9 Ephraim
up Heb. upon
Job 12:15
If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
Job 12:15 · BSB
Behold12 parallels
he sendeth6 parallels
Reciprocal2 parallels
- Genesis 7:19 and all the high hills
- 2 Peter 3:6 General
Job 12:16
True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Job 12:16 · BSB
With2 parallels
the deceived3 parallels
Reciprocal13 parallels
- Genesis 27:12 feel
- Judges 8:12 took
- 2 Samuel 15:31 turn the counsel
- 1 Kings 20:28 therefore will
- 1 Kings 22:20 persuade
- 2 Chronicles 18:19 Who shall entice
- 2 Chronicles 18:22 the lord hath
- Job 5:12 disappointeth
- Job 15:31 not him
- Isaiah 19:14 hath mingled
- Daniel 2:20 for wisdom
- 2 Timothy 3:13 being
- Revelation 13:14 deceiveth
Job 12:17
He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
Job 12:17 · BSB
the whole verse7 parallels
Reciprocal4 parallels
- 1 Kings 20:32 Thy servant
- Job 5:12 disappointeth
- Isaiah 19:11 the princes
- Daniel 9:12 our judges
Job 12:18
He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
Job 12:18 · BSB
the whole verse4 parallels
Reciprocal5 parallels
- 1 Kings 20:32 Thy servant
- Job 30:11 loosed
- Isaiah 5:27 neither
- Isaiah 45:5 I girded thee
- Daniel 4:32 until
Job 12:19
He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
Job 12:19 · BSB
the whole verse8 parallels
Reciprocal4 parallels
- Judges 4:17 fled
- Job 34:19 princes
- Daniel 2:47 a Lord
- 1 Corinthians 2:6 of the
Job 12:20
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Job 12:20 · BSB
the speech of the trusty3 parallels
Heb. the lip of the faithful
taketh5 parallels
Reciprocal5 parallels
- Genesis 11:7 confound
- Numbers 26:51 General
- Job 15:10 the grayheaded
- Jeremiah 8:8 We
- 1 Corinthians 1:20 hath
Job 12:21
He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
Job 12:21 · BSB
poureth18 parallels
weakeneth the strength of the mighty5 parallels
or , looseth the girdle of the strong
Reciprocal6 parallels
- Job 30:11 loosed
- Job 34:19 princes
- Isaiah 23:10 no more
- Isaiah 40:23 General
- Isaiah 45:5 I girded thee
- 1 Corinthians 2:6 of the
Job 12:22
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Job 12:22 · BSB
discovereth9 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Job 28:3 the stones
- Job 38:17 the shadow
- Psalm 139:11 even the night
Job 12:23
He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
Job 12:23 · BSB
increaseth11 parallels
straiteneth them again Heb. leadeth in
Job 12:24
He deprives the earth's leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Job 12:24 · BSB
He taketh8 parallels
and causeth2 parallels
in a wilderness1 parallel
Bethohoo , "in chaos ," i.e. , in a state of utter confusion; it is the same word which is employed in
- Genesis 1:2 to describe the chaotic state of the earth at the creation
Reciprocal1 parallel
- 1 Corinthians 1:20 hath
Job 12:25
They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Job 12:25 · BSB
maketh3 parallels
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Proverbs 4:19 General
stagger Heb. wander
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