Job 21:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 21:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 21:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 21:12 — KJV
“They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.”
— Job 21:12 (KJV)
Job 21:12 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 21:12
“Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.”
Shares key themes with Job 21:12: take, timbrel, harp
“And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.”
Shares key themes with Job 21:12: harp, organ
“And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. boughs of goodly trees: Heb. fruit of, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 21:12: take, rejoice
“And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.”
Shares key themes with Job 21:12: timbrel, harp
“And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. pipes: or, flutes”
Shares key themes with Job 21:12: rejoice, sound
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