Job 12:2

Job 12:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
• New International Version (NIV)“Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!

Context of Job 12:2

1Then Job answered and said, No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you. 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

Job 12:2 word by word

אָ֭מְנָם כִּ֣י אַתֶּם־עָ֑ם וְ֝עִמָּכֶ֗ם תָּמ֥וּת חָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Job 12:2

• Job 6:24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
• Job 8:8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
• Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
• Job 15:2Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
• Job 17:4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
• Job 20:3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
• Job 32:7I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
• Proverbs 28:11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
• Isaiah 5:21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
• 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.
• 1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

Commentaries on Job 12:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2No doubt but ye are the people - Doubtless ye are the wisest men in the world; all wisdom is concentrated in you; and when ye die, there will no more be found on the face of the earth! This is a strong irony.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2No doubt but ye are the people - That is, the only wise people. You have engrossed all the wisdom of the world, and all else are to be regarded as fools. This is evidently the language of severe sarcasm; and it shows a spirit fretted and chafed by their reproaches. Job felt contempt for their reasoning. and meant to intimate that their maxims, on which they placed so much reliance, were common-place, and such as every one was familar with. And wisdom…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-14FIRST SERIES. Job 12:1-14:22. Job's Reply to Zophar 2. wisdom shall die with you--Ironical, as if all the wisdom in the world was concentrated in them and would expire when they expired. Wisdom makes "a people:" a foolish nation is "not a people" (Ro 10:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 12:2

• Irony
• Pride
• Sarcasm
• Self-Righteousness
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Deep
• Discover
• Doubt
• Satan

Commentaries on Job 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings