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Job Chapter 12

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Job

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In this chapter the friends of Job continue their argument, each trying to explain the cause of his suffering. Elihu, feeling unheard, declares that God's ways are hidden and cannot be fully understood by humans.

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(1) And Job answered and said,
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Job 6:24Job 6:25Job 8:8Job 8:9Job 8:10Job 11:2Job 11:6Job 11:12Job 15:2Job 17:4Job 20:3Job 32:7

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Job 1:5Job 42:8

(2) No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8I Kings 4:30

(3) But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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Job 13:2Job 13:3Job 13:4Job 13:5Proverbs 26:4II Corinthians 11:5II Corinthians 11:21II Corinthians 11:22II Corinthians 11:23Job 6:6Job 6:7Job 26:2

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II Kings 4:26

(4) I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
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Job 11:3Job 16:10Job 17:2Job 17:6Job 21:3Job 30:1Psalms 22:7Psalms 22:8Psalms 35:16Matthew 27:29Hebrews 11:36Job 16:20

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Leviticus 19:36Isaiah 26:7Ezekiel 45:10II Chronicles 30:10

(5) He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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Deuteronomy 32:35Psalms 17:5Psalms 94:18Jeremiah 13:16Job 18:5Proverbs 13:9Proverbs 20:20Matthew 25:8Job 6:5Job 16:4Psalms 123:3Psalms 123:4

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

(6) The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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Job 9:24Job 21:7Job 21:8Job 21:9Job 21:10Job 21:11Job 21:12Job 21:13Job 21:14Job 21:15Psalms 17:14Psalms 37:1

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I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19Proverbs 30:33

(7) But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
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Job 21:29Job 21:30Proverbs 6:6Isaiah 1:3Jeremiah 8:7

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Acts 10:12Acts 11:6Isaiah 18:6Deuteronomy 28:26I Samuel 17:44I Samuel 17:46

(8) Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
(9) Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
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Job 12:3Acts 19:35Job 22:18Deuteronomy 8:17Deuteronomy 8:18I Samuel 2:7Jeremiah 27:5Jeremiah 27:6Daniel 9:17Daniel 5:18Romans 11:36James 2:5

(10) In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
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Numbers 16:22Daniel 5:23Acts 17:25Acts 17:28Job 27:3Job 34:14Job 34:15Genesis 2:7Genesis 6:17Psalms 104:29Psalms 146:3Psalms 146:4

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I Samuel 12:3I Kings 3:26Daniel 5:23Philippians 3:19

(11) Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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Job 34:3I Corinthians 10:15Philippians 1:10Hebrews 5:14I Peter 2:3Job 6:30

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II Kings 16:15

(12) With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
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Job 8:8Job 15:10Job 32:7

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Deuteronomy 4:6I Kings 4:30Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 10:13Daniel 5:11

(13) With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
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Job 32:6Job 32:7Job 32:8Job 32:9Job 12:16Job 9:4Job 28:20Job 28:21Job 28:22Job 28:23Job 28:24Job 28:25

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Proverbs 8:14Ecclesiastes 9:16II Samuel 17:14Proverbs 21:30Isaiah 11:2Jeremiah 49:7

(14) Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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Job 9:12Job 9:13Job 11:10Isaiah 14:23Jeremiah 51:58Jeremiah 51:64Malachi 1:4Job 16:11I Samuel 17:46I Samuel 24:18I Samuel 26:8Isaiah 22:22

(15) Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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Job 12:10Genesis 8:1Genesis 8:2I Kings 8:35I Kings 8:36I Kings 17:1Jeremiah 14:22Nahum 1:4Luke 4:25James 5:17James 5:18Revelation 11:6

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Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:4Ezekiel 21:27

(16) With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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Job 12:13Matthew 6:13I Kings 22:22I Kings 22:23Ezekiel 14:9

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Ecclesiastes 9:16I Kings 4:30

(17) He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
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II Samuel 15:31II Samuel 17:14II Samuel 17:23Isaiah 19:12Isaiah 19:13Isaiah 19:14Isaiah 29:14I Corinthians 1:19I Corinthians 1:20

(18) He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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II Chronicles 33:11II Chronicles 33:12II Chronicles 33:13II Chronicles 33:14Jeremiah 52:31Jeremiah 52:32Jeremiah 52:33Jeremiah 52:34Daniel 2:21Revelation 19:16

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Isaiah 11:5

(19) He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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Joshua 10:24Joshua 10:42I Samuel 17:45I Samuel 17:46Isaiah 37:36Isaiah 37:37Isaiah 37:38Isaiah 45:1Revelation 17:14Revelation 19:19Revelation 19:20Revelation 19:21

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I Chronicles 28:1Psalms 68:27

(20) He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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Proverbs 10:21Proverbs 12:19Proverbs 12:22Job 12:24Job 17:4Job 32:9Job 39:17Isaiah 3:1Isaiah 3:2Isaiah 3:3

(21) He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
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Exodus 8:2Exodus 16:24I Kings 21:23I Kings 21:24II Kings 9:26II Kings 9:34II Kings 9:35II Kings 9:36II Kings 9:37Psalms 107:40Isaiah 23:9Isaiah 24:21

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Job 36:5I Chronicles 28:1Psalms 68:27Psalms 107:40

(22) He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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Job 11:6Job 28:20Job 28:21Job 28:22Job 28:23II Kings 6:12Psalms 44:21Psalms 139:12Daniel 2:22Matthew 10:26I Corinthians 2:10I Corinthians 4:5

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Job 10:22Isaiah 5:20Isaiah 9:2Jeremiah 13:16Matthew 4:16Matthew 6:23

(23) He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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Exodus 1:7Exodus 1:20Psalms 107:38Isaiah 9:3Isaiah 26:15Isaiah 27:6Isaiah 51:2Isaiah 60:22Jeremiah 30:19Jeremiah 33:22Zechariah 10:8

(24) He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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Job 12:20Job 17:4Isaiah 6:9Isaiah 6:10Isaiah 19:1Daniel 4:16Daniel 4:33Hosea 7:11Psalms 107:4Psalms 107:40

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Numbers 14:33Psalms 107:40

(25) They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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Job 5:14Genesis 19:11Deuteronomy 28:29Isaiah 59:10Acts 13:11I John 2:11Psalms 107:27Isaiah 19:14Isaiah 24:20

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Isaiah 30:26Luke 11:36Isaiah 60:19John 12:36Amos 5:8

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