Job 12 (NET)

Job 12:1¹Then Job answered:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Job 12:2²“Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 5:211 Cor 4:101 Cor 6:5Job 11:12Job 11:2Job 11:6Job 15:2Job 17:10Job 17:4Job 20:3

Job 12:3³I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:2-52 Cor 11:21-23Prov 26:42 Cor 11:5Job 26:2-3Job 6:6-7

Job 12:4⁴I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered — a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 30:1Job 17:6Job 21:3Ps 91:15Jer 33:3Job 16:10Job 17:2Ps 22:7-8Acts 17:32Heb 11:36

Job 12:5⁵For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate )— a fate for those whose feet slip.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 25:8Prov 13:9Ps 17:5Amos 6:1-6Deut 32:35Jer 13:16Job 16:4Job 18:5Job 6:5Luke 12:19

Job 12:6⁶But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident — who carry their god in their hands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 9:24Ps 73:11-12Job 21:7-15Ps 17:14Ps 37:1Ps 37:35Jer 5:27Job 22:18

Job 12:7⁷“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:3Jer 8:7Prov 6:6Job 21:29-30

Job 12:8⁸Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Job 12:9⁹Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:20Jer 27:5-6Rom 11:361 Sam 2:7Acts 19:35Dan 9:17Dan 5:18Deut 8:17-18Jas 2:5-7Job 12:3

Job 12:10¹⁰In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 17:28Job 33:4Acts 17:25Job 27:3Num 16:22Dan 5:23Ps 146:3-4John 3:6Ps 104:29Job 34:14-15

Job 12:11¹¹Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 34:3Heb 5:141 Pet 2:3Job 6:30Phil 1:101 Cor 10:15

Job 12:12¹²Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 32:7Job 15:10Job 8:8

Job 12:13¹³“With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 36:5Job 9:4Prov 2:6-7Jas 1:5Job 28:20-28Dan 2:20Eph 1:11Prov 8:14Ps 147:5Col 2:3

Job 12:14¹⁴If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 22:22Rev 3:7Job 11:10Mal 1:41 Sam 17:461 Sam 26:8Jer 51:58Job 16:11Job 19:10Job 37:7

Job 12:15¹⁵If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:1Amos 5:81 Kgs 8:35-36Gen 6:13Gen 6:17Gen 7:11-8:2Jas 5:17-18Jer 14:22Job 12:10Luke 4:25

Job 12:16¹⁶With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:22-23Ezek 14:9Job 12:13Job 13:9Job 13:7Matt 6:13

Job 12:17¹⁷He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 29:141 Cor 1:19-202 Sam 17:232 Sam 15:312 Sam 17:14Isa 19:12-14Job 3:14Job 9:24

Job 12:18¹⁸He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 2:21Ps 116:162 Chr 33:11-14Jer 52:31-34Rev 19:16

Job 12:19¹⁹He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 37:36-38Isa 45:11 Sam 17:45-46Job 24:22Job 34:28Job 35:9Josh 10:24Josh 10:42Rev 17:14Rev 19:19-21

Job 12:20²⁰He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 32:9Job 17:4Job 12:24Isa 3:1-3Job 39:17Prov 10:21Prov 12:19Prov 12:22

Job 12:21²¹He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 107:401 Kgs 21:23-242 Kgs 9:262 Kgs 9:34-37Acts 12:23Dan 2:21-22Dan 4:32-33Eph 6:10Eph 6:14Exod 16:24

Job 12:22²²He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 2:221 Cor 4:51 Cor 2:10Job 3:5Luke 1:79Amos 5:8Matt 10:26Job 28:20-23Job 34:22Ps 44:21

Job 12:23²³He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 9:3Isa 26:15Isa 60:22Ps 107:38Exod 1:20Exod 1:7Isa 27:6Isa 51:2Jer 30:19Jer 33:22

Job 12:24²⁴He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 107:40Job 12:20Hos 7:11Dan 4:16Dan 4:33Isa 19:1Isa 6:9-10Job 17:4Ps 107:4

Job 12:25²⁵They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 5:14Ps 107:27Isa 24:20Isa 19:141 John 2:11Deut 28:29Gen 19:11Isa 59:10Acts 13:11