New English Translation
Job 12:2
2“Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
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: “Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. 3I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? 4I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered – a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
Read all of Job 12Job 12:2 word by word
אָ֭מְנָם כִּ֣י אַתֶּם־עָ֑ם וְ֝עִמָּכֶ֗ם תָּמ֥וּת חָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 12:2
- Job 6:24“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.
- Job 8:8“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;
- Job 11:2“Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?
- Job 15:2“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
- Job 17:4Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
- Job 20:3When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.
- Job 32:7I said to myself, ‘Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.’
- Proverbs 28:11A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.
- Isaiah 5:21Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, those who think they possess understanding.
- 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!
- 1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?
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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