Tree of Life Version
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
1Job responded and said: “Without a doubt you are the people and wisdom will die with you! 3But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know these things? 4“I have become a laughingstock to my friend, though I called on God and 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 will be silent; explain to me how I have been wrong.
- Job 8:8Now ask the previous generation; consider the findings of their fathers;
- Job 11:2“Should so many words go unanswered? Is a man justified by his lips?
- Job 15:2“Does a wise man answer with empty knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
- Job 17:4Because You have closed their heart to understanding, therefore You will not exalt them.
- Job 20:3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me and my understanding inspires me to reply.
- Job 32:7I thought, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’
- Proverbs 28:11A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person sees through him.
- Isaiah 5:21Oy to those who are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight!
- 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Messiah’s sake, but you are wise in Messiah! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
- 1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to put you to shame! Isn’t there even one wise man among you who will be able to settle disputes 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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