Job 12:2 Cross References - Leeser

² Truly ye are indeed the right kind of people, and with you wisdom must die out.

²⁴ Teach me, and I will indeed remain silent; and wherein I erred give me to understand. ²⁵ How pleasant are straightforward words! but what doth arguing prove?

⁸ For ask, I pray thee, of an earlier generation, and prepare thyself to stand by the research of their fathers;— ⁹ For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a mere shadow are our days upon earth;— ¹⁰ Behold, these will truly teach thee, they will speak unto thee, and out of their very heart will they bring forth words:

² Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?

⁶ And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.

¹² And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is like the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man.

² Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?

⁴ For thou hast concealed their heart against intelligence: therefore art thou not exalted through them.

¹⁰ But all of you, do only return, and come but to me: and yet I shall not find among you one wise man.

³ Reproof which casteth shame on me must I hear; yet out of my understanding will the spirit give me an answer.

⁷ I had said, Days shall speak, and multitude of years shall make wisdom known. ⁸ But it is the spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty which giveth them understanding. ⁹ Not those rich in years must be always wise: neither do the aged constantly understand what is just. ¹⁰ Therefore do I say, Hearken to me: I also will show forth what I know myself. ¹¹ Behold, I waited for your words: I gave an attentive ear to your reasonings, till you might have searched out the proper words. ¹² And now I understand you fully, and, behold, there is none that convinceth Job, or, that answereth his speeches among you. ¹³ Say then not, We have found wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the indigent that hath understanding can search him through.

²¹ Woe unto those that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!