KJV ORIGINAL
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Oh, I'm sure you think you're the only people who matter, and that all wisdom will disappear when you die.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Job is sarcastically telling his friends that they think they're the smartest people alive and that wisdom belongs only to them.
📚 Historical Context
Job is responding to his three friends (Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar) who have been lecturing him about why he's suffering, claiming he must have sinned to deserve his troubles. They spoke with great confidence about God's ways, acting as if they had all the answers. Job uses bitter sarcasm here to point out their arrogance and self-righteousness.
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