Job 12:2 Cross References - Brenton

² So then ye alone are men, and wisdom shall die with you?

²⁴ Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me. ²⁵ But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.

⁸ For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of our fathers: ⁹ (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:) ¹⁰ shall not these teach thee, and report to thee, and bring out words from their heart?

² He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed is the short lived offspring of woman.

⁶ Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.

¹² But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass in the desert.

² Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,

⁴ For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them.

¹⁰ Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you.

³ I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.

⁷ And I said, It is not time that speaks, though in many years men know wisdom: ⁸ but there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches. ⁹ The long-lived are not wise as such; neither do the aged know judgment. ¹⁰ Wherefore I said, Hear me, and I will tell you what I know. ¹¹ Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, until ye shall have tried the matter with words: ¹² and I shall understand as far as you; and, behold, there was no one of you that answered Job his words in argument, ¹³ lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.

²¹ Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.