Job 12:2
אָמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם ־ עָם וְעִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
In Context
1וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃
3גַּם ־ לִי לֵבָב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶם לֹא ־ נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם וְאֶת ־ מִי ־ אֵין כְּמוֹ ־ אֵֽלֶּה ׃
Cross References
Job 6:24הוֹרוּנִי וַאֲנִי אַחֲרִישׁ וּמַה ־ שָּׁגִיתִי הָבִינוּ לִֽי ׃
Job 11:2הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם ־ אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק ׃
Job 11:12וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵֽד ׃
Job 17:4כִּֽי ־ לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל ־ כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם ׃
Job 20:3מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי ׃
Job 32:7אָמַרְתִּי יָמִים יְדַבֵּרוּ וְרֹב שָׁנִים יֹדִיעוּ חָכְמָֽה ׃
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 →