Job 12:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Beholde if he breake downe a thing, who can set it vp againe? yf he shut a thing, who wyll open it?

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  • Isa 22:22 : 22 And the key of the house of Dauid wyll I lay vpon his shoulder: so that he shall open and no man shut, he shall shut and no man open.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 And write vnto ye Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth.
  • Mal 1:4 : 4 Though Edom say, We are impouerished, but we wil returne and builde the desolate places: yet saith the Lorde of hoastes, They shal builde, but I wil destroy: & they shal cal them, The border of wickednes, & the people with whom the Lorde is angry for euer.
  • Job 11:10 : 10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?
  • Job 16:11 : 11 God hath shut me vp with the vngodly, and deliuered me into the handes of the wicked.
  • Job 19:10 : 10 He hath destroyed me on euery side and I am gone: my hope hath he taken away as a tree pluckt vp by the roote.
  • Job 37:7 : 7 With the force of the rayne he shutteth men vp, that all men may knowe his workes.
  • Isa 14:23 : 23 I wyll geue it to the Otters, and wyll make water puddels of it, and I wyll sweepe them out with the besome of destruction saith the Lorde of hoastes.
  • 1 Sam 17:46 : 46 This day shal the Lorde close thee into my hand, and I shall smite thee, & take thyne head from thee, & will geue the carkases of the hoast of the Philistines this daye vnto the foules of the ayre, & to the beastes of the earth, that all they which be in the worlde, maye knowe that there is a God in Israel:
  • 1 Sam 24:18 : 18 And thou hast shewed this day, howe that thou hast dealt wel with me: forasmuch as when the Lorde had closed me in thyne handes, thou killedst me not.
  • 1 Sam 26:8 : 8 Then saide Abisai to Dauid, God hath closed thyne enemie into thyne hand thys day: Nowe I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth, & I will not smite him the second tyme.
  • Job 9:12-13 : 12 If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou? 13 God will not withdraw his anger, and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vnder hym:
  • Rom 11:32 : 32 For God hath wrapped all nations in vnbeliefe, yt he myght haue mercie on al.
  • Isa 25:2 : 2 Thou hast made a citie a heape of stones, and brought a strong towne into decay: the habitation of straungers hast thou made to be no citie, neither shall it be buylded any more.
  • Jer 51:58 : 58 Moreouer, thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, The thicke wall of Babylon shalbe broken, and her hye gates shalbe burnt vp, & the thyng that the Gentiles & the people haue wrought with great trauayle & labour, shall come to naught, and be consumed in the fire.
  • Jer 51:64 : 64 And say, Euen thus shall Babylon sincke, & be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I wyll bryng vpon her: so that she shall neuer come vp agayne. Thus farre are the preachynges of Ieremie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 12:15-17
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    15 Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they destroy the earth.

    16 With him is strength and wysdome: both the deceauer and he that is deceaued are his.

    17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes.

  • Job 11:10-11
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    10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?

    11 For it is he that knoweth vayne men, he seeth their wickednesse also, shoulde he not then consider it?

  • 13 Yea, with God is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge.

  • 12 If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou?

  • 14 He hath geuen me one wounde vpon an other, and is fallen vpon me lyke a giaunt.

  • Job 34:24-25
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    24 He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their steede.

    25 Therefore shall he declare their workes: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed.

  • Job 12:19-24
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    19 He leadeth away the great men into captiuitie, and turneth the mightie vpside downe.

    20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason.

    21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

    22 Loke what lyeth hid in darkenesse he declareth it openly, and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light.

    23 He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them, he maketh them to multiplie, and diminisheth them.

    24 He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of ye people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way.

  • 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

  • 10 When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it,

  • 22 He drue the mightie after hym with his power, and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe.

  • 17 Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waste, and layde the cities to the grounde, which let not his prisoners go out?

  • Job 9:4-5
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    4 He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength: who hath ben fearce against hym, and hath prospered?

    5 He translateth the mountaynes, or euer they be aware it is he that ouerthroweth them in his wrath.

  • 14 And the hurt thereof is lyke an earthen vessell whiche breaketh without helpe, so that in the bursting of it, there is not founde one sheuer to fetch fire in, or to take water withall out of the pit.

  • 11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow: and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light.

  • Job 14:18-19
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    18 The mountaines fal away at the last, the rockes are remoued out of their place.

    19 The waters pearse through the very stones by litle & litle, the floodes washe away the grauell and earth: so shalt thou destroy the hope of man.

  • 29 When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely:

  • 28 Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.

  • 8 He hath hedged vp my way that I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes.

  • 16 For he breaketh the gates of brasse: & smyteth the barres of iron in sunder.

  • 15 Therefore shall his destruction come hastyly vpon hym, sodainly shall he be all to broken, and not be healed.

  • 7 The steppes of his strength shalbe restrayned, and his owne counsaile shall cast him downe:

  • 13 Lest ye should say: We haue found out wisdome, God shall cast hym downe, and no man.

  • 9 He strengthneth the destroyer against the mightie, & the destroyer shall come against the fortresse.

  • 11 For behold the Lord commaundeth, and he will smyte the great house with breaches, & the litle houses with cleftes.

  • 5 The dayes of man surely are determined, the number of his monethes are knowen onely vnto thee, thou hast appoynted him his bondes which he can not go beyonde.

  • 9 Beholde his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perishe euen at the sight of him?

  • 12 So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

  • 12 He stilleth the sea with his power, and through his wysdome smyteth he the strength therof.

  • 5 For they geue not their minde to vnderstande the doynges of God and the worke of his handes: therefore he wyll breake them downe, and not buylde them vp.

  • 6 He is naked before him, and the very destruction it selfe can not be hyd out of his sight.

  • 9 There putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes.

  • 14 Who shall open the doores of his face? for he hath horrible teeth round about.

  • 15 He shal leane vpon his house, but it shal not stande: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

  • 17 He troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause,

  • 13 He is still at one poynt, and who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will.

  • 24 Notwithstanding, thou wilt not stretch out thyne hand against him that is in the graue: shal men crie out against him that is in destruction?

  • 14 Lyke as the kinges and lordes of the earth, which haue buylded them selues speciall places,

  • 9 He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, and made my pathes crooked.

  • 19 When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone.