Job 12:3

"“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you."

Key Reflection

In Job 12:3, wisdom will not endure among a people who persist in their sins and lack understanding, highlighting the conditional nature of divine wisdom and its dependence on one's moral and intellectual state. This verse underscores that true wisdom comes from recognizing and aligning with God’s ways, which such a people seem to have overlooked or rejected.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

But I have understanding as well as you -Margin, as in the Hebrew “an heart.” The word “heart” in the Scriptures is often used to denote the understanding or mind. It seems to have been regarded as the source of that which was called life or soul. Indeed, I do not recollect a single instance in the Scriptures in which the word “head” is used, as with us, as the seat of the intellect, or where the distinction is adverted to that is so common with us, between the head and the heart.

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