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Job · American Standard Version (1901)

Job 12 American Standard Version (1901)

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1 Then Job answered and said,
1 Then Job answered,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
2 “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
7 “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
9 Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
11 Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
12 With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.
12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
13 With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
13 “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
24 He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Cross references (23)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 2 Isaiah 5:21; Job 17:4; Job 17:10; Job 8:8–10; Job 11:12
  2. 3 Job 13:2–5; 2 Corinthians 11:21–23; Proverbs 26:4; 2 Corinthians 11:5; Job 6:6–7
  3. 4 Job 30:1; Job 21:3; Psalm 91:15; Job 17:6; Psalm 22:7–8
  4. 5 Psalm 17:5; Proverbs 13:9; Matthew 25:8; Amos 6:1–6; Psalm 123:3–4
  5. 6 Job 9:24; Psalm 73:11–12; Psalm 37:35; Psalm 17:14; Job 21:7–15
  6. 7 Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 8:7; Proverbs 6:6; Job 21:29–30
  7. 9 Isaiah 41:20; Jeremiah 27:5–6; Romans 11:36; Acts 19:35; 1 Samuel 2:7
  8. 10 Acts 17:28; Job 33:4; Acts 17:25; Numbers 16:22; Job 27:3
  9. 11 Job 34:3; Hebrews 5:14; Job 6:30; 1 Peter 2:3; Philippians 1:10
  10. 12 Job 32:7; Job 15:10; Job 8:8
  11. 13 Job 36:5; Job 9:4; Proverbs 2:6–7; James 1:5; Job 28:20–28
  12. 14 Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7; Malachi 1:4; Job 11:10; Job 37:7
  13. 15 1 Kings 17:1; Amos 5:8; Genesis 6:17; James 5:17–18; Genesis 6:13
  14. 16 Job 13:9; Job 12:13; Ezekiel 14:9; 1 Kings 22:22–23; Matthew 6:13
  15. 17 Isaiah 29:14; 1 Corinthians 1:19–20; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 17:14; Job 9:24
  16. 18 Daniel 2:21; Psalm 116:16; Jeremiah 52:31–34; 2 Chronicles 33:11–14; Revelation 19:16
  17. 19 Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 37:36–38; Job 35:9; Joshua 10:24; Revelation 19:19–21
  18. 20 Job 32:9; Job 17:4; Job 12:24; Proverbs 10:21; Job 39:17
  19. 21 Psalm 107:40; 1 Kings 21:23–24; Ephesians 6:10; Acts 12:23; Exodus 16:24
  20. 22 Daniel 2:22; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Job 3:5; Luke 1:79
  21. 23 Isaiah 9:3; Isaiah 26:15; Isaiah 60:22; Psalm 107:38; Jeremiah 33:22
  22. 24 Psalm 107:40; Job 12:20; Hosea 7:11; Isaiah 19:1; Daniel 4:16
  23. 25 Job 5:14; Psalm 107:27; Isaiah 24:20; Isaiah 19:14; Deuteronomy 28:29

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 12:8 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XI)

    Speak to the earth, if perchance it may teach thee: and though thou inquire of all things which are upon the earth, they shall not be able to tell thee.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)