2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The reproofs Job here gives to his friends, whether they were just or no, were very sharp, and may serve for a rebuke to all that are proud and scornful, and an exposure of their folly. I. He upbraids them with their conceitedness of themselves, and the good opinion they seemed to have of their own wisdom in comparison with him, than which nothing is more weak and unbecoming, nor better deserves t…
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