New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 12:2-12
2“TrulyH551 thenH3588 1you are the peopleH5971, And with you wisdomH2451 will dieH4191!3But 2I have intelligenceH3824 as wellH1571 as you; I am not inferiorH5307 to you. And 3whoH4310 does not knowH854 suchH3644 things as theseH428?4I amH1961 a 4jokeH7814 to 5my friendsH7453, The one who calledH7121 on GodH433 and He answeredH6030 him; The justH6662 and 6blamelessH8549 man is a jokeH7814.57He who is at easeH7600 holdsH6248 calamityH6365 in contemptH937, As preparedH3559 for those whose feetH7272 slipH4571.6The 8tentsH168 of the destroyersH7703 prosperH7951, And those who provokeH7264 GodH410 9are secureH987, 10WhomH834 GodH433 bringsH935 11into their powerH3027.
7“But nowH4994 askH7592 the beastsH929, and let them teachH3384 you; And the birdsH5775 of the heavensH8064, and let them tellH5046 you.8OrH176 speakH7878 to the earthH776, and let it teachH3384 you; And let the fishH1709 of the seaH3220 declareH5608 to you.9WhoH4310 among allH3605 theseH428 does not knowH3045 That 12the handH3027 of the LordH3068 has doneH6213 thisH2088,1013In whoseH834 handH3027 is the lifeH5315 of everyH3605 livingH2416 thingH2416, And 14the breathH7307 of allH3605 mankindH376H1320?11Does not 15the earH241 testH974 wordsH4405, As the palateH2441 16tastesH2938 its foodH400?12WisdomH2451 is with 17agedH3453 menH3453, With 18longH753 lifeH3117 is understandingH8394.
Notes
- 1. Job 12:2 Job 17:10 ↩
- 2. Job 12:3 Job 13:2 ↩
- 3. Job 12:3 Lit with whom is there not like these? ↩
- 4. Job 12:4 Job 17:6; 30:1, 9, 10; 34:7 ↩
- 5. Job 12:4 Lit his ↩
- 6. Job 12:4 Job 6:29 ↩
- 7. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease ↩
- 8. Job 12:6 Job 9:24; 21:7-9 ↩
- 9. Job 12:6 Job 24:23 ↩
- 10. Job 12:6 Or He who brings God into his hand ↩
- 11. Job 12:6 Job 22:18 ↩
- 12. Job 12:9 Is 41:20 ↩
- 13. Job 12:10 Acts 17:28 ↩
- 14. Job 12:10 Job 27:3; 33:4 ↩
- 15. Job 12:11 Job 34:3 ↩
- 16. Job 12:11 Lit tastes food for itself ↩
- 17. Job 12:12 Job 15:10; 32:7 ↩
- 18. Job 12:12 Lit length of days ↩
Commentaries on Job 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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