Job 12:2
Truly — ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
In Context
1And Job answereth and saith: —
3I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?
Cross References
Job 6:24Shew me, and I — I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
Job 11:2Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Job 11:12And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
Job 17:4For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.
Job 20:3The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
Job 32:7I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years 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 →