Job 12:14

Geneva Bible (1560)

Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.

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  • Isa 22:22 : 22 And the key of the house of Dauid will I lay vpon his shoulder: so hee shall open, and no ma shal shut: & he shal shut, & no man shal open.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 And write vnto ye Angel of ye Church which is of Philadelphia, These things saith he that is Holy, and True, which hath ye keye of Dauid, which openeth and no man shutteth, & shutteth & no man openeth,
  • Mal 1:4 : 4 Though Edom say, wee are impouerished, but we will returne and build the desolate places, yet sayeth the Lorde of hostes, they shall builde, but I will destroy it, and they shall call them, The border of wickednes, and the people, with whome the Lord is angrie for euer.
  • Job 11:10 : 10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
  • Job 16:11 : 11 God hath deliuered me to the vniust, and hath made mee to turne out of the way by the hands of the wicked.
  • Job 19:10 : 10 He hath destroyed mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine hope like a tree.
  • Job 37:7 : 7 With the force thereof he shutteth vp euery man, that all men may knowe his worke.
  • Isa 14:23 : 23 And I wil make it a possession to ye hedgehogge, and pooles of water, and I will sweepe it with the besome of destruction, sayeth the Lorde of hostes.
  • 1 Sam 17:46 : 46 This day shal the Lord close thee in mine hand, and I shall smite thee, and take thine head from thee, & I wil giue the carkeises of the hoste of the Philistims this daye vnto the foules of the heauen, & to the beasts of the earth, that all the world may know that Israel hath a God,
  • 1 Sam 24:18 : 18 (24:19) And thou hast shewed this day, that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had closed me in thine hands, thou killedst me not.
  • 1 Sam 26:8 : 8 Then saide Abishai to Dauid, God hath closed thine enemie into thine hande this day: now therefore, I pray thee, let me smite him once with a speare to the earth, and I will not smite him againe.
  • Job 9:12-13 : 12 Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou? 13 God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
  • Rom 11:32 : 32 For God hath shut vp all in vnbeliefe, that he might haue mercie on all.
  • Isa 25:2 : 2 For thou hast made of a citie an heape, of a strong citie, a ruine: euen the palace of strangers of a citie, it shall neuer be built.
  • Jer 51:58 : 58 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, The thicke wall of Babel shalbe broken, & her hie gates shal be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vaine, & the folke in ye fire, for they shalbe weary.
  • Jer 51:64 : 64 And shalt say, Thus shal Babel be drowned, and shall not rise from the euil, that I will bring vpon her: and they shal be weary. Thus farre are the wordes of Ieremiah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 12:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.

    16With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.

    17He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.

  • Job 11:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?

    11For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.

  • 13With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.

  • 12Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?

  • 14He hath broken me with one breaking vpon another, and runneth vpon me like a gyant.

  • Job 34:24-25
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    73%

    24He shall breake the mightie without seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.

    25Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turne the night, & they shalbe destroyed.

  • Job 12:19-24
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    19He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.

    20He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.

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

    22He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.

    23He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.

    24He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, & maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.

  • 3And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.

  • 10When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,

  • 22He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth vp, none is sure of life.

  • 17He made the worlde as a wildernesse, and destroied the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners.

  • Job 9:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4He is wise in heart, & mighty in stregth: who hath bene fierce against him & hath prospered?

    5He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.

  • 14And the breaking thereof is like the breaking of a potters pot, which is broken without pitie, and in the breaking thereof is not found a sheard to take fire out of the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

  • 11He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.

  • Job 14:18-19
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    71%

    18And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:

    19As the water breaketh the stones, when thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of ye earth: so thou destroyest ye hope of man.

  • 29And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?

  • 28Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

  • 8Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.

  • 16For hee hath broken the gates of brasse, and brast the barres of yron asunder.

  • 15Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

  • 7The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

  • 13Lest ye should say, We haue found wisedome: for God hath cast him downe, and no man.

  • 9He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shal come against the fortresse.

  • 11For behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the litle house with clefts.

  • 5Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.

  • 9(40:28) Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shal not one perish euen at the sight of him?

  • 12So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

  • 12The sea is calme by his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth the pride thereof.

  • 5For they regarde not the woorkes of the Lorde, nor the operation of his handes: therefore breake them downe, and builde them not vp.

  • 6The graue is naked before him, and there is no couering for destruction.

  • 9He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, & ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.

  • 14(41:5) Who shall open the doores of his face? his teeth are fearefull ronnd about.

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

  • 17For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.

  • 13Yet he is in one minde, & who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.

  • 24Doubtles none can stretch his hand vnto the graue, though they cry in his destruction.

  • 14With the Kings & counselers of the earth, which haue buylded themselues desolate places:

  • 9He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.

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