Job 12:2

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Cross-references

In Job 8:8-10, Bildad appeals to ancient wisdom — the very attitude Job sarcastically mocks here.

Job 11:2 Allusion

Job 11:2 accuses Job of being a talker; here Job sarcastically turns that back on his friends.

Job 11:6 Allusion

Job 11:6 claims secret wisdom that Job lacks — here Job mocks that claim by saying wisdom will die with his friends.

Job 11:12 Allusion

Job 11:12 calls the worthless unable to become wise — here Job sarcastically implies his friends are the only wise, reversing the insult.

Job 17:4 Parallel

In Job 17:4, Job continues: God has kept their heart from understanding — directly connecting to his sarcasm about their presumed wisdom.

Job 20:3 Parallel

In Job 20:3, Zophar responds to Job's rebuke, claiming his understanding compels him to answer — directly engaging Job's sarcasm.

In Job 32:7-13, Elihu says the aged friends failed to answer wisely, echoing Job's critique that they think wisdom will die with them.

Job 5:27 Parallel

Job 5:27 is Eliphaz's claim that they have searched out wisdom — exactly the attitude Job mocks in 12:2.

Job 26:2 Parallel

Job 26:2 continues the same sarcastic tone as 12:2 — Job mocks the friends for their useless help and pretended wisdom.

Job 15:8 Parallel

In Job 15:8, Eliphaz accuses Job of claiming secret wisdom, mirroring Job's sarcastic jab that wisdom will die with the friends.

Job 6:13 Contrast

Job 6:13 has Job despair that wisdom is driven from him — contrasting with his sarcastic attribution of all wisdom to his friends.

Job 32:13 Parallel

Job 32:13 warns against claiming wisdom for oneself, echoing the pride in wisdom that Job sarcastically attributed to his friends.

Job 6:24 Contrast

In Job 6:24, Job humbly asks for teaching — contrasting his later sarcastic claim that his friends are the only wise.

Isaiah 5:21 Parallel

Isaiah 5:21 pronounces woe on those wise in their own eyes — directly mirroring Job's sarcastic accusation against his friends.

Proverbs 28:11 warns the rich are wise in their own conceit — similar to Job's sarcastic charge that his friends think they alone have wisdom.

In 1 Corinthians 4:10, Paul uses similar irony: you are wise in Christ, we are fools — like Job mocking friends' self-proclaimed wisdom.

In 1 Corinthians 6:5, Paul asks if there is no wise man among them — similar to Job's sarcastic question about his friends' exclusive wisdom.

2 Corinthians 10:12 condemns self-commendation and comparing with others, similar to Job's sarcasm about the friends' self-appointed wisdom.