Job 12:2

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:24-25 : 24 "Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 "Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.) 10 Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
  • Job 11:2 : 2 "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
  • Job 11:6 : 6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
  • Job 15:2 : 2 "Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
  • Job 17:4 : 4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.
  • Job 17:10 : 10 But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.
  • Job 20:3 : 3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers 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 gives them understanding. 9 It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice. 10 Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.' 11 "Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say. 12 Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you. 13 Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'
  • Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe to those who 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 you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
  • 1 Cor 6:5 : 5 I say this to move you to shame. Isn't there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

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    1 Then Job answered,

  • Job 12:3
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    3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?

  • Job 32:12-13
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    73%

    12 Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.

    13 Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'

  • Job 4:21
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    21 Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'

  • Job 12:12-13
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    72%

    12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

    13 "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

  • Job 15:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    8 Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9 What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?

    10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.

  • Eccl 2:16
    71%

    16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

  • Job 20:4
    70%

    4 Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

  • Ps 49:10
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    10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • Job 34:34-35
    2 verses
    70%

    34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

    35 'Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.'

  • Job 32:9
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    9 It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

  • Job 34:2
    70%

    2 "Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

  • Job 27:12
    70%

    12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

  • Ps 94:8
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    8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

  • Job 38:2
    69%

    2 "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

  • Ps 82:7
    69%

    7 Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers."

  • Job 28:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

    13 Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • Job 17:10
    69%

    10 But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.

  • Job 13:2
    68%

    2 What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.

  • Job 32:7
    68%

    7 I said, 'Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.'

  • Job 38:21
    68%

    21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

  • 1 Cor 3:20
    68%

    20 And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."

  • Job 21:22
    68%

    22 "Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

  • Ps 49:12
    68%

    12 But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

  • Job 26:3
    68%

    3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

  • Job 13:5
    68%

    5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

  • Job 28:20
    68%

    20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Eccl 7:10
    67%

    10 Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

  • Job 30:23
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    23 For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Job 34:15-16
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    15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.

    16 "If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.

  • Job 5:27
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    27 Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."

  • Job 42:17
    67%

    17 So Job died, being old and full of days. BOOK I

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    67%

    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Job 14:3
    67%

    3 Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

  • Prov 9:12
    67%

    12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

  • Jer 8:9
    67%

    9 The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what kind of wisdom is in them?

  • Eccl 6:8
    67%

    8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

  • Job 16:2
    67%

    2 "I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

  • Eccl 7:17
    67%

    17 Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

  • Ezek 28:3
    66%

    3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;

  • Job 14:10
    66%

    10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?