Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 13:12 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Job 13:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 13 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.”
Job 13:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 13:12
Job dismisses the friends' arguments: 'Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.' The double metaphor (ashes/clay) emphasizes the fragility and worthlessness of their defenses. Ashes represent what remains after fire; clay represents pre-fired, unstable form.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 13:12
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“those who dwell in houses of clay”
“we have a building from God”
“but the name of the wicked will rot.”
“that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;”
“to cut off the memory of them from the earth.”
“His remembrance shall perish from the earth”
“Yahweh”
“Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
“See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.,And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:,וַיַּעַן אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃ ,And Abraham answered and said: Behold now”
“and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”