Job 12:1

1 Then Job replied [to his friends],

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 replied [to his friends],

2 "You certainly are [wise] people, and when you die, wisdom will die.

3 Like you, I have a mind. I am not inferior to you. But who doesn't know these things?

4 I am a laughingstock to my neighbors. I am one who calls on God and expects an answer. A man of integrity, a man who is righteous, has become a laughingstock.

5 "A person who has an easy life has no appreciation for misfortune. He thinks it is the fate of those who slip up.