Job 12:12

Job 12:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old.

Context of Job 12:12

10In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. 11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food? Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? 13“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his. 14What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.

Job 12:12 word by word

בִּֽישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְאֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• With the ancientיָשִׁישׁyâshîysh · agedH3453
• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• and in lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• of daysיוֹםyôm · day: oldH3117
• understandingתְּבוּנָהtâbûn tebûnâh tôbûnâh · understandingH8394

Cross-references for Job 12:12

• Job 8:8“Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,
• Job 15:10The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
• Job 32:7I thought, ‘Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.’

Commentaries on Job 12:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12With the ancient is wisdom - Men who have lived in those primitive times, when the great facts of nature were recent, such as the creation, fall, flood, confusion of tongues, migration of families, and consequent settlement of nations, had much knowledge from those facts; and their length of days - the many hundreds of years to which they lived, gave them such an opportunity of accumulating wisdom by experience, that they are deservedly considered as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12With the ancient is wisdom - With the aged. The word ישׁישׁ yâshı̂ysh used here, means an old man, one gray-headed. It is used chiefly in poetry, and is commonly employed in the sense of one who is decrepit by age. It is rendered “very aged” in Job 15:10; “him that stooped for age.” 2 Chronicles 36:17; “very old,” Job 32:6; and “the aged,” Job 29:8 The Septuagint renders it, ̓ ͂ͅ ́ͅ En pollō chronō “in much time.” The sense is, that wisdom might be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-25Verses 12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Wisdom is found with the elderly: People often think wisdom comes with old age. Job's friends supported this idea but Job doubted it (8:8–10; 15:10; 32:6–9; 12:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. ancient--aged (Job 15:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 12:12

• Atheism
• God
• Old Age
• Philosophy
• Religion
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Deep
• Discover
• Age; Old Age
• Ancient
• Job, Book of
• Wisdom
• 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