New American Standard Bible 2020
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 responded, “Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die! 3But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these? 4I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:2 word by word
אָ֭מְנָם כִּ֣י אַתֶּם־עָ֑ם וְ֝עִמָּכֶ֗ם תָּמ֥וּת חָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 12:2
- Job 6:24“Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have done wrong.
- Job 8:8“Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
- Job 11:2“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?
- Job 15:2“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
- Job 17:4For You have kept their hearts away from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.
- Job 20:3I listened to the reprimand which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
- Job 32:7I thought age should speak, And increased years should teach wisdom.
- Proverbs 28:11The rich person is wise in his own eyes, But the poor who has understanding sees through him.
- Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight!
- 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools on account of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are without honor!
- 1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you anyone wise who will be able to decide between his brothers and sisters,
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
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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
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