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Job 12:2

Job 12:2
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

But I have understanding as well as you,.... A natural understanding, or an understanding of natural things, which…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

No doubt but ye are the people - That is, the only wise people. You have engrossed all the wisdom of the world, and all…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 12:1-5

The reproofs Job here gives to his friends, whether they were just or no, were very sharp, and may serve for a rebuke to…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

ye are the people Sarcastic admiration of the wisdom of his three friends, cf. ch. Job 11:6. "The people" does not seem…