Job 12:2 Cross References - YLT

² Truly—ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die.

²⁴ Shew me, and I—I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand. ²⁵ How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

⁸ For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers, ⁹ (For of yesterday we are, and we know not, For a shadow are our days on earth.) ¹⁰ Do they not shew thee—speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

² Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

⁶ And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, Some of thine iniquity.

¹² And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

² Doth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly?

⁴ For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

¹⁰ Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

³ The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

⁷ I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom. ⁸ Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand. ⁹ The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment. ¹⁰ Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion—even I. ¹¹ Lo, I have waited for your words, I give ear unto your reasons, Till ye search out sayings. ¹² And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, Or answerer of his sayings among you. ¹³ Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

²¹ Woe to the wise in their own eyes, And—before their own faces—intelligent!

¹⁰ we are fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we are ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

⁵ unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!