Job 13:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 13:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 13:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 13:12 — KJV
“Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.”
— Job 13:12 (KJV)
Job 13:12 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 13:12
“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”
Shares key themes with Job 13:12: like, ashes
“He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.”
Shares key themes with Job 13:12: like, ashes
“Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. the days...: Heb. your days for slaughter a pleasant...: Heb. a vessel of desire”
Shares key themes with Job 13:12: like, ashes
“And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.”
Shares key themes with Job 13:12: ashes, bodies
“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 13:12: like, clay
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