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Job 12:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. "
Job 12:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
1 Then Job answered,
2 “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
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Job 12:1
"Then Job answered,"
Job 12:3
"But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?"
Job 12:4
"I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke."
Job 12:5
"In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips."
Job 12:6
"The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands."
Job 12:7
"“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you."
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