Job 12:2
Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
In Context
1Then responded Job, and said:—
3I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?
Cross References
Job 6:24Show me, and, I, will hold my peace, And, wherein I have erred, cause me to understand.
Job 11:2Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
Job 11:12But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
Job 17:4For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.
Job 20:3The correction meant to confound me, I must hear, but, the spirit—out of my understanding, will give me a reply.
Job 32:7I said, Days, should speak,—and, the multitude of years, should make known 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 →