Job 12:2
“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
In Context
Cross References
Job 6:24“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
Job 11:2“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 11:12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
Job 17:4For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
Job 20:3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
Job 32:7I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
Matthew Henry on Job 12:2-6
Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 And Job answered and said, 2 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. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. The reproofs Job here gives to his friends,… Read the whole commentary →