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 spoke again: “You people really know everything, don’t you? And when you die, wisdom will die with you! 3Well, I know a few things myself— and you’re no better than I am. Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying? 4Yet my friends laugh at me, for I call on God and expect an answer. I am a just and blameless man, yet they laugh at me.

Job 12:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• No doubtאׇמְנָם'omnâm · trulyH551
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Job 12:2

• Job 6:24Teach me, and I will keep quiet. Show me what I have done wrong.
• Job 8:8“Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
• Job 11:2“Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words? Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?
• Job 15:2“A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk! You are nothing but a windbag.
• Job 17:4You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph.
• Job 20:3I’ve had to endure your insults, but now my spirit prompts me to reply.
• Job 32:7I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age.’
• Proverbs 28:11Rich people may think they are wise, but a poor person with discernment can see right through them.
• Isaiah 5:21What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever.
• 1 Corinthians 4:10Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed.
• 1 Corinthians 6:5I am saying this to shame you. Isn’t there anyone in all the church who is wise enough to decide these issues?

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