New King James Version
Job 12:2
2“No 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 Living Translation (NLT)“You people really know everything, don’t you? And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
Context of Job 12:2
1Then Job answered and said: “No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you! 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these? 4“I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:2 word by word
אָ֭מְנָם כִּ֣י אַתֶּם־עָ֑ם וְ֝עִמָּכֶ֗ם תָּמ֥וּת חָכְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:2
- Job 6:24“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
- Job 8:8“For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
- Job 11:2“Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be vindicated?
- Job 15:2“Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
- Job 17:4For You have hidden their heart from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.
- Job 20:3I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
- Job 32:7I said, ‘Age should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
- Proverbs 28:11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, But the poor who has understanding searches him out.
- Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight!
- 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!
- 1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge 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
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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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