Job 12:2
1 And Job answered and said,
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
- KJV
- No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
- WEB
- “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
- ASV
- No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
- DARBY
- Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
- BLB
- “Truly [it is] that you⁺ [are] the people, and wisdom will die with you⁺.
- ÅB
- Ja sannelig, dere er de rette folk, og med dere dør visdommen ut.
- OTB
- «Sannelig, dere er folket,
og visdommen vil dø med dere! - B1930
- Ja sannelig, I er de rette folk, og med eder dør visdommen ut.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Read in contextJob 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Read in contextJob 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Read in contextJob 8:8–10
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Read in contextJob 11:12
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:5
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
Read in contextProverbs 28:11
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Read in contextJob 20:3
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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