Sign in
Job 12:2 — King James Version← Study notes

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.


Job 12:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 12:27 words
HebrewMeaning
אָ֭מְנָםʾāmənām
trulyadvH551
no doubt · surely · (it is · of a) true(-ly ···
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אַתֶּםʾatem
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
עָ֑םʿām
are the peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
וְ֝/עִמָּ/כֶ֗םwəʿimākem
and with youconjH5973
against · and · as · before ···
תָּמ֥וּתtāmwt
it will dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
חָכְמָֽהḥākəmāh
wisdomnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 12:2

No doubt but ye are the only men, and wisdom shall die with you. Whosoever reckons himself to excel all men in the faculty of reason, what else does such a man but exult that he is the ‘only Man?’ And it often happens that when the mind is borne on high through pride, it is uplifted in contempt of all men, and in admiration of self. For self-applause springs up in the imagination, and folly is itself its own flatterer for singularity of wisdom. It ponders all that it has…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 10 §43
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
OH
Omar HassanNote3mo ago
God's faithfulness through history - Job 12
I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. Following God is costly, but the reward is eternal. His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond our comprehension, yet...
1