Job 12:2 · KJV
“No doubt but ye {are} the people, and wisdom shall die with you.”
— Job 12:2
And Job answered and said,
But I have understanding as well as you; I {am} not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? {understanding: Heb. an heart} {I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you} {who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?}
Job 12 — Context
And Job answered and said,
2No doubt but ye {are} the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3But I have understanding as well as you; I {am} not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? {understanding: Heb. an heart} {I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you} {who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?}
4I am {as} one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright {man is} laughed to scorn.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto {them that are} wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! {in their own sight: Heb. before their face}
Job 8:8-10
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Job 11:6
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that {they are} double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee {less} than thine iniquity {deserveth}.
Job 20:3
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We {are} fools for Christ's sake, but ye {are} wise in Christ; we {are} weak, but ye {are} strong; ye {are} honourable, but we {are} despised.
Job 6:24-25
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find {one} wise {man} among you.
1 Corinthians 6:5
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?