Job 12:13

"With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding."

Key Reflection

In first-century Israel, where oral traditions and wisdom were highly valued, Job 12:13 emphasized that aged men and those with extensive life experience possessed wisdom and understanding. The original audience would likely have seen this as a validation of the insights gained through years of living and observing, contrasting the often youth-centric emphasis on knowledge in their culture.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

With him is wisdom -Margin, correctly, “God.” However much wisdom there may seem to be with aged men, yes the true wisdom - that which was supreme and worthy of the name - was to be found in God alone. The object of Job was to lead the thoughts up to God, and to bring his friends to a contemplation of the wisdom which he manifests in his works. Accordingly he goes on in the remainder of this chapter to state some of the illustrations of wisdom and power which God had exhibited, and particularly to show that he was a sovereign, and did his pleasure every where.

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