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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 12:1

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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JOB'S REPLY TO ZOPHAR (Job 12:1-14:22) wisdom shall die with you--Ironical, as if all the wisdom in the world was concentrated in them and would expire when they expired. Wisdom makes "a people:" a foolish nation is "not a people" (Rom 10:19).
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