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Job 12:2
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Job 12:2
2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisedome shall die with you.
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Job 12:2
Uncertainty or wavering of mind; hesitation to believe or trust; also fear, suspicion, or apprehension.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sound judgment and the right use of knowledge; skill, discernment, or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
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Open the full verse study10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
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Open the full verse study5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
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Open the full verse study12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
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Open the full verse study2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
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Open the full verse study6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
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Open the full verse study2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
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Open the full verse study10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
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Open the full verse study4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
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Open the full verse study3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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Open the full verse study7I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
8But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
10Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
11Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
12Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
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Open the full verse study24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
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Open the full verse study8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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Open the full verse study11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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