Job Answers His Critics
1 Then Job answered and said:
3 But I have1 understanding as well as you;
I am not ainferior to you.
Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
I am not ainferior to you.
Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
4 “Ia am one mocked by his friends,
Who bcalled on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
Who bcalled on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
5 A1 lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
It is made ready for athose whose feet slip.
It is made ready for athose whose feet slip.
6 aThe tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.
7 “But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in Job 12:2:
Die {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Doubt {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
No {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
No {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
No {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Wisdom {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
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