Job 12:2
“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
BSB
ASV
No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
KJV
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
HOMILIES ON JOB 15.12.2 (450)
Job speaks in an admirable way. Instead of briefly saying, "You would not be able to be men," he questions them, and what does he ask? "So are you really men, and shall wisdom die with you?" This means, "Is the honor of rational beings …
No doubt but ye are the only men, and wisdom shall die with you. Now Zophar would have said this aright, if blessed Job had not proclaimed it all more fully even by living accordingly.
When wise men and good men die it is a comfort to think that wisdom and goodness shall not die with them. Some think Job here reflects upon Zophar's comparing him (as he thought) and others to the wild ass's colt, ch. xi. "Yes," says he, "we must be asses; you are the only men." 2.
No 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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
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Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
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1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
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I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.