Chapter 12
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
ye are the people
6:24,25 8:8-10 11:2,6,12 15:2 17:4 20:3 32:7-13 Proverbs 28:11 Isaiah 5:21 1 Corinthians 4:10 6:5
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
But I have
13:2-5 Proverbs 26:4 2 Corinthians 11:5,21-23
understanding
Heb. an heart. I am not inferior to you. Heb. I fall not lower than you. who knoweth not such things as these. Heb. with whom are not such as these.
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
one mocked
11:3 16:10 17:2,6 21:3 30:1 Psalms 22:7,8 35:16 Matthew 27:29 Hebrews 11:36
calleth
16:20 Psalms 91:15 Jeremiah 33:3 Micah 7:7
the just
Proverbs 14:2 Mark 5:40 Luke 16:14 Acts 17:32
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
ready
Deuteronomy 32:35 Psalms 17:5 94:18 Jeremiah 13:16
a lamp
18:5 Proverbs 13:9 20:20 Matthew 25:8
of him
6:5 16:4 Psalms 123:3,4 Amos 6:1-6 Luke 12:19 16:19,20
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
tabernacles
9:24 21:7-15 Psalms 17:14 37:1,35 73:11,12 Jeremiah 5:27
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
But ask
21:29,30 Proverbs 6:6 Isaiah 1:3 Jeremiah 8:7
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Who
the hand
22:18 Deuteronomy 8:17,18 1 Samuel 2:7 Jeremiah 27:5,6 Daniel 9:17 5:18 Romans 11:36 James 2:5-7
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
whose hand
Numbers 16:22 Daniel 5:23 Acts 17:25,28
soul
or, life. the breath.
27:3 34:14,15 Genesis 2:7 6:17 Psalms 104:29 146:3,4
mankind
Heb. flesh of man.
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Doth
34:3 1 Corinthians 10:15 Philippians 1:10 *marg:; Hebrews 5:14 1 Peter 2:3
mouth
Heb. palate.
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
him
that is, God.
wisdom
16 9:4 28:20-28 36:5 Psalms 147:5 Proverbs 2:6,7 Jeremiah 10:12 Daniel 2:20 Luke 21:15 1 Corinthians 1:24 Colossians 2:3 James 1:5
counsel
Proverbs 8:14 Isaiah 40:13,14 46:10 Romans 11:34 Ephesians 1:8,11
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
he breaketh
9:12,13 11:10 Isaiah 14:23 Jeremiah 51:58,64 Malachi 1:4
he shutteth
16:11 1 Samuel 17:46 24:18 26:8 *marg:; Isaiah 22:22 Romans 11:32 *marg:; Revelation 3:7
up
Heb. upon.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Behold
10 Genesis 8:1,2 1 Kings 8:35,36 17:1 Jeremiah 14:22 Nahum 1:4 Luke 4:25 James 5:17,18 Revelation 11:6
he sendeth
Genesis 6:13,17 7:11,23 Psalms 104:7-9 Amos 5:8
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
With
the deceived
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
2 Samuel 15:31 17:14,23 Isaiah 19:12-14 29:14 1 Corinthians 1:19,20
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
2 Chronicles 33:11-14 Jeremiah 52:31-34 Daniel 2:21 Revelation 19:16
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Joshua 10:24,42 1 Samuel 17:45,46 Isaiah 37:36-38 45:1 Revelation 17:14 19:19-21
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
the speech of the trusty
Heb. the lip of the faithful.
taketh
24 17:4 32:9 39:17 Isaiah 3:1-3
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
poureth
Exodus 8:2 16:24 1 Kings 21:23,24 2 Kings 9:26,34-37 Psalms 107:40 Isaiah 23:9 Isaiah 24:21,22 37:38 Daniel 2:21,22 4:32,33 Matthew 2:12,13 Acts 12:23
weakened the strength of the mighty
or, looseth the girdle of the strong.
Isaiah 5:27 11:5 22:21 Ephesians 6:10,14
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
discovereth
11:6 28:20-23 2 Kings 6:12 Psalms 44:21 139:12 Daniel 2:22 Matthew 10:26 1 Corinthians 2:10 4:5
bringeth
3:5 24:17 34:22 Amos 5:8 Luke 1:79
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
increaseth
Exodus 1:7,20 Psalms 107:38 Isaiah 9:3 26:15 27:6 51:2 60:22 Jeremiah 30:19 Jeremiah 33:22 Zechariah 10:8
straiteneth them again
Heb. leadeth in.
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
He taketh
20 17:4 Isaiah 6:9,10 19:1 Daniel 4:16,33 Hosea 7:11
and causeth
in a wilderness {Bethohoo,} "in chaos," i
&e., in a state of utter confusion; it is the same word which is employed in Ge 1:2, to describe the chaotic state of the earth at the creation.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
grope
5:14 Genesis 19:11 Deuteronomy 28:29 Isaiah 59:10 Acts 13:11 1 John 2:11
maketh
Psalms 107:27 Isaiah 19:14 24:20
stagger
Heb. wander.