Job 13:12

¹⁰ Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.

¹¹ Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

¹³ Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

¹⁴ Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
KJV: Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
WEB: Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.
ASV: Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.
DARBY: Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.
BLB: Your⁺ remembrances [are] proverbs of ashes; your⁺ defenses [are] defenses of clay.

ÅB: Visdomsordene deres er ordtak av aske; Skansene deres er skanser av leire.
OTB: Deres minneverdige ord er ordspråk av aske;
Deres forsvar er forsvar av leire.
B1930: Eders tankesprog er askesprog; eders skanser blir til skanser av ler. / < d.e. bevisgrunner.>

Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
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Exodus 17:14
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
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2 Corinthians 5:1
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
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Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
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Psalms 109:15
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
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Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
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Job 18:17
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
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Psalms 102:12
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
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