Job 12:1

1 Iyov responded:

Job 12:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 12:1

And Job answered and said.
] In reply to Zophar, and in defence of himself; what is recorded in this and the two following chapters.

Job 12:1 In-Context

1 Iyov responded:

2 "No doubt you are [the only] people [that matter]; and when you die, so will wisdom.

3 But I too have a brain, as much as you, In no way am I inferior to you. Besides, who doesn't know things like these?

4 "Anyone who calls on God, and he answers him, becomes a laughingstock to his friends -they make fun of an innocent, blameless man.

5 Those at ease have contempt for misfortune, for the blow that strikes somebody already staggering.