Job 12:2-4

International Standard Version

²“Truly, you are the people
    and wisdom will die with you!
³Like you, I also have understanding.^[a]
    I’m not inferior to you;
        who doesn’t know things^[b] like this?”

Job Has Become a Laughingstock

⁴“I’m a laughingstock to my friends,
someone^[c] who called on God.
But then he answered this upright and blameless man,
and I have become^[d] a laughingstock.

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Footnotes

Job 12:3 Lit. my heart is like yours
Job 12:3 The Heb. lacks things
Job 12:4 The Heb. lacks someone
Job 12:4 The Heb. lacks have become

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Job 12:2-4

New International Version

²“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
    and wisdom will die with you!^(A)
³But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?^(B)

⁴“I have become a laughingstock^(C) to my friends,^(D)
though I called on God and he answered^(E)—
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(F)