Job 12:2

What does Job 12:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 12:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Truly--ye <FI>are<Fi> the people, And with you doth wisdom die.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with you?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!

Context

v.1Then Job answered and said,

v.2This passage

v.3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 6:24

    Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

  • Job 20:3

    I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

  • Job 11:2

    Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

  • Job 15:2

    Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

  • Job 11:12

    But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.

  • Isaiah 5:21

    Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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