12:1 Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him; 12:7 He acknowledges the general doctrine of God's omnipotence.
Verse 1ReciprocalIsaiah 27:1 - leviathanVerse 2ye are the peopleJob 6:24, 6:25, 8:8-10, 11:2, 11:6, 11:12, 15:2, 17:4, 20:3, 32:7-13; Proverbs 28:11; Isaiah 5:21; 1 Corinthians 4:10, 6:5ReciprocalExodus 4:10 - eloquent; Job 5:27 - we have searched; 6:13 - and is wisdom; 15:8 - thou restrain; 26:2 - How hast thou; 32:13 - We; 2 Corinthians 10:12 - we dare notVerse 3But I haveJob 13:2-5; Proverbs 26:4; 2 Corinthians 11:5, 11:21-23understandingHeb. an heartI am not inferior to youHeb. I fall not lower than you. who knoweth not such things as these. Heb. with whom are not such as these. Job 6:6, 6:7, 26:2, 26:3Reciprocal6:13 - and is wisdom; 11:12 - would; 12:9 - Who; 34:16 - General; 37:19 - Teach; 38:2 - GeneralVerse 4one mockedJob 11:3, 16:10, 17:2, 17:6, 21:3, 30:1; Psalm 22:7, 22:8, 35:16; Matthew 27:29; Habakkuk 3:1callethJob 16:20; Psalm 91:15; Jeremiah 33:3; Micah 7:7the justProverbs 14:2; Mark 5:40; Luke 16:14; Acts 17:32ReciprocalGenesis 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 - laughedVerse 5readyDeuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 17:5, 94:18; Jeremiah 13:16a lampJob 18:5; Proverbs 13:9, 20:20; Matthew 25:8of himJob 6:5, 16:4; Psalm 123:3, 123:4; Amos 6:1-6; Luke 12:19, 16:19, 16:20ReciprocalJob 16:20 - scorn me; 21:3 - mock on; Psalm 73:2 - steps; Galatians 4:14 - yeVerse 6tabernaclesJob 9:24, 21:7-15; Psalm 17:14, 37:1, 37:35, 73:11, 73:12; Jeremiah 5:27ReciprocalJob 5:5 - the robber; 15:5 - uttereth; 15:13 - and lettest; 15:34 - the tabernacles; 22:18 - he filled; 24:5 - the wilderness; 34:36 - his answers; Psalm 92:7 - workers; Jeremiah 5:28 - yet; 12:1 - Wherefore doth; Daniel 8:12 - and it practiced; Malachi 3:15 - yea; Luke 12:16 - The ground; Romans 8:20 - the creatureVerse 7But askJob 21:29, 21:30; Proverbs 6:6; Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 8:7ReciprocalJob 8:10 - Shall not; 18:3 - Wherefore; Proverbs 30:24 - littleVerse 8ReciprocalGenesis 1:25 - General; Job 8:10 - Shall not; 18:3 - Wherefore; Proverbs 6:6 - the antVerse 9WhoJob 12:3; Acts 19:35the handJob 22:18; Deuteronomy 8:17, 8:18; 1 Samuel 2:7; Jeremiah 27:5, 27:6; Daniel 9:17, 5:18; Romans 11:36; James 2:5-7ReciprocalGenesis 2:1 - Thus; Numbers 26:51 - General; Job 13:1 - Lo; 21:16 - Lo; Psalm 17:14 - belly; Isaiah 41:20 - GeneralVerse 10whose handNumbers 16:22; Daniel 5:23; Acts 17:25, 17:28soulor, lifethe breathJob 27:3, 34:14, 34:15; Genesis 2:7, 6:17; Psalm 104:29, 146:3, 146:4mankindHeb. flesh of man, John 3:6ReciprocalNumbers 26:51 - General; 27:16 - the Lord; 1 Kings 17:17 - that there was; Job 12:15 - Behold; 14:5 - his days; 21:16 - Lo; Psalm 90:3 - Thou; Isaiah 42:5 - he that giveth; Habakkuk 3:1 - the FatherVerse 11DothJob 34:3; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Philippians 1:10 *marg. Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 2:3mouthHeb. palate, Job 6:30Reciprocal2 Samuel 19:35 - can I discern; Job 6:6 - taste; Isaiah 11:3 - understandingVerse 12Job 8:8, 15:10, 32:7Reciprocal1 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 - theVerse 13himthat is, God, Job 32:6-9wisdom12:16, 9:4, 28:20-28, 36:5; Psalm 147:5; Proverbs 2:6, 2:7; Jeremiah 10:12; Daniel 2:20; Luke 21:15; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Colossians 2:3; James 1:5counselProverbs 8:14; Isaiah 40:13, 40:14, 46:10; Romans 11:34; Ephesians 1:8, 1:11Reciprocal2 Chronicles 10:6 - took counsel; Job 36:24 - magnify; 37:23 - excellent; Acts 4:28 - andVerse 14he breakethJob 9:12, 9:13, 11:10; Isaiah 14:23; Jeremiah 51:58, 51:64; Malachi 1:4he shuttethJob 16:11; 1 Samuel 17:46, 24:18, 26:8 *marg. Isaiah 22:22; Romans 11:32 *marg. Revelation 3:7upHeb. uponReciprocalNumbers 26:51 - General; 2 Chronicles 7:13 - If I shut up heaven; Job 3:23 - hedged in; 22:23 - built up; 23:13 - who can; 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 - EphraimVerse 15BeholdJob 12:10; Genesis 8:1, 8:2; 1 Kings 8:35, 8:36, 17:1; Jeremiah 14:22; Nahum 1:4; Luke 4:25; James 5:17, 5:18; Revelation 11:6he sendethGenesis 6:13, 6:17, 7:11, 7:23; Psalm 104:7-9; Amos 5:8ReciprocalGenesis 7:19 - and all the high hills; 2 Peter 3:6 - GeneralVerse 16WithJob 12:13; Matthew 6:13the deceived1 Kings 22:22, 22:23; Ezekiel 14:9ReciprocalGenesis 27:12 - feel; Judges 8:12 - took; 2 Samuel 15:31 - turn the counsel; 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will; 22:20 - persuade; 2 Chronicles 18:19 - Who shall entice; 18:22 - the lord hath; Job 5:12 - disappointeth; 15:31 - not him; Isaiah 19:14 - hath mingled; Daniel 2:20 - for wisdom; 2 Timothy 3:13 - being; Revelation 13:14 - deceivethVerse 172 Samuel 15:31, 17:14, 17:23; Isaiah 19:12-14, 29:14; 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1:20Reciprocal1 Kings 20:32 - Thy servant; Job 5:12 - disappointeth; Isaiah 19:11 - the princes; Daniel 9:12 - our judgesVerse 182 Chronicles 33:11-14; Jeremiah 52:31-34; Daniel 2:21; Revelation 19:16Reciprocal1 Kings 20:32 - Thy servant; Job 30:11 - loosed; Isaiah 5:27 - neither; 45:5 - I girded thee; Daniel 4:32 - untilVerse 19Joshua 10:24, 10:42; 1 Samuel 17:45, 17:46; Isaiah 37:36-38, 45:1; Revelation 17:14, 19:19-21ReciprocalJudges 4:17 - fled; Job 34:19 - princes; Daniel 2:47 - a Lord; 1 Corinthians 2:6 - of theVerse 20the speech of the trustyHeb. the lip of the faithful, Proverbs 10:21, 12:19, 12:22takethJob 12:24, 17:4, 32:9, 39:17; Isaiah 3:1-3ReciprocalGenesis 11:7 - confound; Numbers 26:51 - General; Job 15:10 - the grayheaded; Jeremiah 8:8 - We; 1 Corinthians 1:20 - hathVerse 21pourethExodus 8:2, 16:24; 1 Kings 21:23, 21:24; 2 Kings 9:26, 9:34-37; Psalm 107:40; Isaiah 23:9; 24:21, 24:22, 37:38; Daniel 2:21, 2:22, 4:32, 4:33; Matthew 2:12, 2:13; Acts 12:23weakeneth the strength of the mightyor, looseth the girdle of the strong, Isaiah 5:27, 11:5, 22:21; Ephesians 6:10, 6:14ReciprocalJob 30:11 - loosed; 34:19 - princes; Isaiah 23:10 - no more; 40:23 - General; 45:5 - I girded thee; 1 Corinthians 2:6 - of theVerse 22discoverethJob 11:6, 28:20-23; 2 Kings 6:12; Psalm 44:21, 139:12; Daniel 2:22; Matthew 10:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10, 4:5bringethJob 3:5, 24:17, 34:22; Amos 5:8; Luke 1:79ReciprocalJob 28:3 - the stones; 38:17 - the shadow; Psalm 139:11 - even the nightVerse 23increasethExodus 1:7, 1:20; Psalm 107:38; Isaiah 9:3, 26:15, 27:6, 51:2, 60:22; Jeremiah 30:19; 33:22; Zechariah 10:8straiteneth them againHeb. leadeth in
Verse 24He takethJob 12:20, 17:4; Isaiah 6:9, 6:10, 19:1; Daniel 4:16, 4:33; Hosea 7:11and causethPsalm 107:4, 107:40in a wildernessBethohoo, "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 Corinthians 1:20 - hathVerse 25gropeJob 5:14; Genesis 19:11; Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 59:10; Acts 13:11; 1 John 2:11makethPsalm 107:27; Isaiah 19:14, 24:20staggerHeb. wanderReciprocalProverbs 4:19 - General
12:7 He acknowledges the general doctrine of God's omnipotence. Verse 1ReciprocalIsaiah 27:1 - leviathan Verse 2ye are the peopleJob 6:24, 6:25, 8:8-10, 11:2, 11:6, 11:12, 15:2, 17:4, 20:3, 32:7-13; Proverbs 28:11; Isaiah 5:21; 1 Corinthians 4:10, 6:5ReciprocalExodus 4:10 - eloquent; Job 5:27 - we have searched; 6:13 - and is wisdom; 15:8 - thou restrain; 26:2 - How hast thou; 32:13 - We; 2 Corinthians 10:12 - we dare not Verse 3But I haveJob 13:2-5; Proverbs 26:4; 2 Corinthians 11:5, 11:21-23 understandingHeb. an heartI am not inferior to youHeb. I fall not lower than you. who knoweth not such things as these. Heb. with whom are not such as these. Job 6:6, 6:7, 26:2, 26:3Reciprocal6:13 - and is wisdom; 11:12 - would; 12:9 - Who; 34:16 - General; 37:19 - Teach; 38:2 - General Verse 4one mockedJob 11:3, 16:10, 17:2, 17:6, 21:3, 30:1; Psalm 22:7, 22:8, 35:16; Matthew 27:29; Habakkuk 3:1 callethJob 16:20; Psalm 91:15; Jeremiah 33:3; Micah 7:7 the justProverbs 14:2; Mark 5:40; Luke 16:14; Acts 17:32ReciprocalGenesis 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 Verse 5readyDeuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 17:5, 94:18; Jeremiah 13:16 a lampJob 18:5; Proverbs 13:9, 20:20; Matthew 25:8 of himJob 6:5, 16:4; Psalm 123:3, 123:4; Amos 6:1-6; Luke 12:19, 16:19, 16:20ReciprocalJob 16:20 - scorn me; 21:3 - mock on; Psalm 73:2 - steps; Galatians 4:14 - ye Verse 6tabernaclesJob 9:24, 21:7-15; Psalm 17:14, 37:1, 37:35, 73:11, 73:12; Jeremiah 5:27ReciprocalJob 5:5 - the robber; 15:5 - uttereth; 15:13 - and lettest; 15:34 - the tabernacles; 22:18 - he filled; 24:5 - the wilderness; 34:36 - his answers; Psalm 92:7 - workers; Jeremiah 5:28 - yet; 12:1 - Wherefore doth; Daniel 8:12 - and it practiced; Malachi 3:15 - yea; Luke 12:16 - The ground; Romans 8:20 - the creature Verse 7But askJob 21:29, 21:30; Proverbs 6:6; Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 8:7ReciprocalJob 8:10 - Shall not; 18:3 - Wherefore; Proverbs 30:24 - little Verse 8ReciprocalGenesis 1:25 - General; Job 8:10 - Shall not; 18:3 - Wherefore; Proverbs 6:6 - the ant Verse 9WhoJob 12:3; Acts 19:35 the handJob 22:18; Deuteronomy 8:17, 8:18; 1 Samuel 2:7; Jeremiah 27:5, 27:6; Daniel 9:17, 5:18; Romans 11:36; James 2:5-7ReciprocalGenesis 2:1 - Thus; Numbers 26:51 - General; Job 13:1 - Lo; 21:16 - Lo; Psalm 17:14 - belly; Isaiah 41:20 - General Verse 10whose handNumbers 16:22; Daniel 5:23; Acts 17:25, 17:28 soulor, lifethe breathJob 27:3, 34:14, 34:15; Genesis 2:7, 6:17; Psalm 104:29, 146:3, 146:4 mankindHeb. flesh of man, John 3:6ReciprocalNumbers 26:51 - General; 27:16 - the Lord; 1 Kings 17:17 - that there was; Job 12:15 - Behold; 14:5 - his days; 21:16 - Lo; Psalm 90:3 - Thou; Isaiah 42:5 - he that giveth; Habakkuk 3:1 - the Father Verse 11DothJob 34:3; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Philippians 1:10 *marg. Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 2:3 mouthHeb. palate, Job 6:30Reciprocal2 Samuel 19:35 - can I discern; Job 6:6 - taste; Isaiah 11:3 - understanding Verse 12Job 8:8, 15:10, 32:7Reciprocal1 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 Verse 13himthat is, God, Job 32:6-9 wisdom12:16, 9:4, 28:20-28, 36:5; Psalm 147:5; Proverbs 2:6, 2:7; Jeremiah 10:12; Daniel 2:20; Luke 21:15; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Colossians 2:3; James 1:5 counselProverbs 8:14; Isaiah 40:13, 40:14, 46:10; Romans 11:34; Ephesians 1:8, 1:11Reciprocal2 Chronicles 10:6 - took counsel; Job 36:24 - magnify; 37:23 - excellent; Acts 4:28 - and Verse 14he breakethJob 9:12, 9:13, 11:10; Isaiah 14:23; Jeremiah 51:58, 51:64; Malachi 1:4 he shuttethJob 16:11; 1 Samuel 17:46, 24:18, 26:8 *marg. Isaiah 22:22; Romans 11:32 *marg. Revelation 3:7 upHeb. uponReciprocalNumbers 26:51 - General; 2 Chronicles 7:13 - If I shut up heaven; Job 3:23 - hedged in; 22:23 - built up; 23:13 - who can; 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 Verse 15BeholdJob 12:10; Genesis 8:1, 8:2; 1 Kings 8:35, 8:36, 17:1; Jeremiah 14:22; Nahum 1:4; Luke 4:25; James 5:17, 5:18; Revelation 11:6 he sendethGenesis 6:13, 6:17, 7:11, 7:23; Psalm 104:7-9; Amos 5:8ReciprocalGenesis 7:19 - and all the high hills; 2 Peter 3:6 - General Verse 16WithJob 12:13; Matthew 6:13 the deceived1 Kings 22:22, 22:23; Ezekiel 14:9ReciprocalGenesis 27:12 - feel; Judges 8:12 - took; 2 Samuel 15:31 - turn the counsel; 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will; 22:20 - persuade; 2 Chronicles 18:19 - Who shall entice; 18:22 - the lord hath; Job 5:12 - disappointeth; 15:31 - not him; Isaiah 19:14 - hath mingled; Daniel 2:20 - for wisdom; 2 Timothy 3:13 - being; Revelation 13:14 - deceiveth Verse 172 Samuel 15:31, 17:14, 17:23; Isaiah 19:12-14, 29:14; 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1:20Reciprocal1 Kings 20:32 - Thy servant; Job 5:12 - disappointeth; Isaiah 19:11 - the princes; Daniel 9:12 - our judges Verse 182 Chronicles 33:11-14; Jeremiah 52:31-34; Daniel 2:21; Revelation 19:16Reciprocal1 Kings 20:32 - Thy servant; Job 30:11 - loosed; Isaiah 5:27 - neither; 45:5 - I girded thee; Daniel 4:32 - until Verse 19Joshua 10:24, 10:42; 1 Samuel 17:45, 17:46; Isaiah 37:36-38, 45:1; Revelation 17:14, 19:19-21ReciprocalJudges 4:17 - fled; Job 34:19 - princes; Daniel 2:47 - a Lord; 1 Corinthians 2:6 - of the Verse 20the speech of the trustyHeb. the lip of the faithful, Proverbs 10:21, 12:19, 12:22 takethJob 12:24, 17:4, 32:9, 39:17; Isaiah 3:1-3ReciprocalGenesis 11:7 - confound; Numbers 26:51 - General; Job 15:10 - the grayheaded; Jeremiah 8:8 - We; 1 Corinthians 1:20 - hath Verse 21pourethExodus 8:2, 16:24; 1 Kings 21:23, 21:24; 2 Kings 9:26, 9:34-37; Psalm 107:40; Isaiah 23:9; 24:21, 24:22, 37:38; Daniel 2:21, 2:22, 4:32, 4:33; Matthew 2:12, 2:13; Acts 12:23 weakeneth the strength of the mightyor, looseth the girdle of the strong, Isaiah 5:27, 11:5, 22:21; Ephesians 6:10, 6:14ReciprocalJob 30:11 - loosed; 34:19 - princes; Isaiah 23:10 - no more; 40:23 - General; 45:5 - I girded thee; 1 Corinthians 2:6 - of the Verse 22discoverethJob 11:6, 28:20-23; 2 Kings 6:12; Psalm 44:21, 139:12; Daniel 2:22; Matthew 10:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10, 4:5 bringethJob 3:5, 24:17, 34:22; Amos 5:8; Luke 1:79ReciprocalJob 28:3 - the stones; 38:17 - the shadow; Psalm 139:11 - even the night Verse 23increasethExodus 1:7, 1:20; Psalm 107:38; Isaiah 9:3, 26:15, 27:6, 51:2, 60:22; Jeremiah 30:19; 33:22; Zechariah 10:8 straiteneth them againHeb. leadeth in
Verse 24He takethJob 12:20, 17:4; Isaiah 6:9, 6:10, 19:1; Daniel 4:16, 4:33; Hosea 7:11 and causethPsalm 107:4, 107:40 in a wildernessBethohoo, "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 Corinthians 1:20 - hath Verse 25gropeJob 5:14; Genesis 19:11; Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 59:10; Acts 13:11; 1 John 2:11 makethPsalm 107:27; Isaiah 19:14, 24:20 staggerHeb. wanderReciprocalProverbs 4:19 - General