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Job 12:1-3
New Catholic Bible

Job’s Third Response[a]

Chapter 12

Wisdom Will Die with You.[b] 1 Job then answered with these words:

2 “Undoubtedly, you are the voice of the people,
    and when you die, wisdom will die with you.
3 But I also have intelligence;
    I am not inferior to you in this regard.
    Who is ignorant of all these things?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:1 Turning his back on his friends, Job addresses his God directly and boldly asks him to justify his conduct.
  2. Job 12:1 Job observes a disturbing contrast between the misfortune of the righteous and the tranquility of robbers. The whole of creation is a witness of this drama.
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