Job recognizes that the Lord is in control of our lives and not we ourselves. Our well-being in life is not dependent on our personal righteousness.
BibleGateway: Job 12 ESV Text: Job 12 Job 12 (Listen) Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This 12:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?4 I am a laughingstock…