No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. Treasury of Scripture ye are the people Job 6:24,25 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred... Job 8:8-10 For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers... Job 11:2,6,12 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified... Job 15:2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Job 17:4 For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them. Job 20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. Job 32:7-13 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom... Proverbs 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding searches him out. Isaiah 5:21 Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! 1 Corinthians 4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised. 1 Corinthians 6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brothers?
Context Job's Response to Zophar
1And Job answered and said, 2No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knows not such things as these? 4I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls on God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly. 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you: 8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you. 9Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has worked this? 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding. 14Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening. 15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. 16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17He leads counsellors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools. 18He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle. 19He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty. 20He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged. 21He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty. 22He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. 23He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again. 24He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man. Parallel Verses American Standard Version No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
Douay-Rheims Bible Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with you?
Darby Bible Translation Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
King James Bible No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Young's Literal Translation Truly -- ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
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