Job 12:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 6:24-25 : 24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?
Job 8:8-9 : 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow); 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
Job 11:2 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 11:12 : 12 But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.
Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
Job 17:4 : 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
Job 17:10 : 10 But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
Job 20:3 : 3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
Job 32:7-9 : 7 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. 11 Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say. 12 Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you. 13 Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.
1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I say [this] to move you to shame. What, {G3779} cannot there be [found] among you {G3761} one wise man who shall be able to decide {G303} between his brethren,

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