Job 12:1

Job Chides His Accusers

1 Then Job 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 Then Job responded ,

2 "Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!

3 "But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these?

4 "I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke.

5 "He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "answered and said"