Job 12:2 Cross References - ISV

² “Truly, you are the people and wisdom will die with you!

²⁴ Job Requests Mercy from His Friends“Instruct me, and I’ll remain silent. Help me understand where I’ve gone astray. ²⁵ The truth can be painful, but what has your argument proven?

⁸ “Inquire of the previous generation, won’t you please? Consider what their forefathers searched out. ⁹ Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow. ¹⁰ Won’t they instruct you, and tell you, and bring out words from the heart?

² “Shouldn’t a multitude of words be answered, or a person who talks too much be vindicated?

⁶ and disclose his wise secrets? After all, there’s so much more to understanding. So be aware that God will exact from you less than your sin deserves.”

¹² An empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born a human being!”

² “Should a wise person respond with knowledge based on wind? Should he fill his stomach with a wind storm from the east?

⁴ “Because you’re the one who closed their hearts to compassion; therefore, you won’t let them triumph.

¹⁰ Job Prepares for Death“Come here now, all of you, and I won’t find a wise person among you.

³ Whenever I hear an insulting rebuke, I respond from my spirit because I understand.”

⁷ I thought, experience should speak; abundance of years teaches wisdom. ⁸ However, a spirit exists in mankind, and the Almighty’s breath gives him insight.
⁹ There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool“The aged aren’t always wise, nor do the elderly always understand justice. ¹⁰ Therefore I’m saying, ‘Listen to me!’ Then I’ll declare what I know. ¹¹ “Look! I have waited to hear your speech, so I listened to your insights while you searched for the right words to say. ¹² Indeed, I paid close attention to you all, but none of you were able to refute Job or answer his arguments convincingly. ¹³ “So that you cannot claim, ‘We have found wisdom!’ let God do the rebuking, not man;

¹¹ The rich man may be wise in his own opinion; but a discerning, poor man sees through him.

²¹ Judgment on the Arrogant“How terrible it will be for those who are wise in their own opinion, and clever in their own reckoning!

¹⁰ We are fools for the Messiah’s sake, but you are wise in the Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

⁵ I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?