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Job’s Fourth Speech

12 Then[a] Job answered and said,

“Truly indeed you[b] are the people,
and wisdom will die with you.[c]
I also have insight[d] like you;[e]
I am not more inferior than you.[f]
And who does not know things like these?[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 12:2 Plural
  3. Job 12:2 Plural
  4. Job 12:3 Literally “Also for me heart”
  5. Job 12:3 Plural
  6. Job 12:3 Plural
  7. Job 12:3 Literally “and who there is not like these”

Job Chides His Accusers

12 Then Job responded,

“Truly then (A)you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!
But (B)I have intelligence as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
And [a]who does not know such things as these?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:3 Lit with whom is there not like these?