Job 12:12
Wisdom to distinguish belongs to the old, and the ability to rightly discriminate belongs to those with long experience.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
In Context
11The ear distinguishes words just like the palate distinguishes foods.
13God has wisdom and power, counsel and understanding belong to him.
Cross References
Job 8:8Why don't you ask what previous generations discovered, examine what our ancestors found out? We were born yesterday and don't know anything!
Job 32:6Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, said, “I am young, and you are old, which is why I was reluctant to tell you what I know.
Matthew Henry on Job 12:7-12
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and… Read the whole commentary →