Job 12:1

1 Then Job answered and said,

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 answered and said,

2 No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.

3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.