Job 12:1

1 Then Job spoke again:

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 Then Job spoke again:

2 “You people really know everything, don’t you? And when you die, wisdom will die with you!

3 Well, I know a few things myself— and you’re no better than I am. Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?

4 Yet my friends laugh at me, for I call on God and expect an answer. I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me.

5 People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling.