Thematic Bible
Job 12:1 (show verse)
Then Job responded,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 12:2 (show verse)
“No doubt you are the [only wise] people [in the world],
And wisdom will die with you!
Job 12:3 (show verse)
“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?
Job 12:4 (show verse)
“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Saints » Death of » Despised
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their uprightness
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Saints despised
Uprightness » They who walk in » Scorned by the wicked
Saints » Death of » Despised
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their uprightness
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Saints despised
Uprightness » They who walk in » Scorned by the wicked
Job 12:5 (show verse)
“He who is at ease has contempt for misfortune,
But misfortune is ready [and anxiously waiting] for those whose feet slip.
Job 12:6 (show verse)
“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Prosperity » Of the wicked, general references to
Tents » Called » Tabernacles
Theft » The wicked » May, for a season, prosper in
Wicked people » Prosperity of
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Prosperity of
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Prosperity » Of the wicked, general references to
Tents » Called » Tabernacles
Theft » The wicked » May, for a season, prosper in
Wicked people » Prosperity of
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Prosperity of
Job 12:7 (show verse)
“Now ask the animals, and let them teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character];
And ask the birds of the air, and let them tell you;
Job 12:8 (show verse)
Or speak to the earth [with its many forms of life], and it will teach you;
And let the fish of the sea declare [this truth] to you.
Job 12:9 (show verse)
“Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life]
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
Atheism » Arguments against
Design » In nature, evidence of
Fishes » Made for God's glory
God » What is in hand of the lord God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Design » In nature, evidence of
Fishes » Made for God's glory
God » What is in hand of the lord God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Job 12:10 (show verse)
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
Atheism » Arguments against
Design » In nature, evidence of
God » What is in hand of the lord God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
natural Life » Is in the hand of God
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Design » In nature, evidence of
God » What is in hand of the lord God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
natural Life » Is in the hand of God
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Job 12:11 (show verse)
“Does the ear not put words to the test,
Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?
Atheism » Arguments against
Design » In nature, evidence of
ears » Capable of trying and distinguishing words
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Design » In nature, evidence of
ears » Capable of trying and distinguishing words
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Job 12:12 (show verse)
“With the aged [you say] is wisdom,
And with
Atheism » Arguments against
Experience (knowledge experimental) » General references to
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Hairs » White or gray » An emblem of wisdom
Knowledge » Knowledge, experimental » General references to
experimental Knowledge » General references to
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Experience (knowledge experimental) » General references to
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Hairs » White or gray » An emblem of wisdom
Knowledge » Knowledge, experimental » General references to
experimental Knowledge » General references to
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Job 12:13 (show verse)
“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might;
He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.
Atheism » Arguments against
God » Wisdom of » Wisdom of God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » God's
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
God » Wisdom of » Wisdom of God
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Religion » Natural
Strength » Where strength is
Wisdom » God's
Wisdom » Where wisdom is found
Job 12:14 (show verse)
“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
Job 12:15 (show verse)
“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.
Job 12:16 (show verse)
“With Him are might and sound wisdom,
The misled and the misleader are His [and in His power].
Job 12:17 (show verse)
“He makes [great and scheming] counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.
Job 12:18 (show verse)
“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a loincloth.
Job 12:19 (show verse)
“He makes priests walk barefoot,
And He overturns men firmly seated and secure.
Job 12:20 (show verse)
“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.
Job 12:21 (show verse)
“He pours contempt on princes and nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them].
Job 12:22 (show verse)
“He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness
And brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.
Job 12:23 (show verse)
“He makes nations great, and He destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and leads them away [captive].
Job 12:24 (show verse)
“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth
And makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.
Job 12:25 (show verse)
“They grope in darkness without light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.”