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Job 12:2-4
Legacy Standard Bible

2 “Truly then (A)you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!
3 But (B)I have a heart of wisdom as well as you;
I do not fall short of you.
And [a]who does not know such things as these?
4 I am a (C)laughingstock to [b]my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The righteous and (D)blameless man is a laughingstock.

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  1. Job 12:3 Lit with whom is there not like these?
  2. Job 12:4 Lit his
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Job 12:2-4
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2 “You ·really [truly] think you are the ·only wise people [L people]
    and that when you die, wisdom will die with you [C Job attacks the friends’ confidence in their wisdom]!
3 But my ·mind [L heart; C the heart was considered the location of thought] is as good as yours;
    ·you are not better than I am [L I am not inferior to you].
    ·Everyone knows all these things [L Who is not like these?; C probably a reference to the three friends and their intelligence].
4 ·My friends all laugh at me [L I am a joke to my friends],
    I who called on God and he answered me [C a reference to his earlier days, which the friends now think are a joke];
    they laugh at me even though I am right and innocent!

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Job 12:2-4
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2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
    and wisdom will die with you!(A)
3 But 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)

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