Job 7:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 7:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 7:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 7:12 — KJV
“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?”
— Job 7:12 (KJV)
Job 7:12 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 7:12
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:12: sea, over
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth”
Shares key themes with Job 7:12: sea, over
“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:12: sea, over
“But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:12: sea, over
“But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:12: sea, over
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