JOB 12:12 Parallel Verse View

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UST Older people have usually become wise.
⇔ Because they have lived a long time, they have learned many things.

BSB Wisdom is found with the elderly,
⇔ and understanding comes with long life.

OEB Doth wisdom depend upon years,
⇔ Understanding on length of days?

WEB With aged men is wisdom,
⇔ in length of days understanding.

NET Is not wisdom found among the aged?
 ⇔ Does not long life bring understanding?

LSV With the very aged [is] wisdom,
And [with] length of days [is] understanding.

FBV Wisdom to distinguish belongs to the old, and the ability to rightly discriminate belongs to those with long experience.[fn]

12:12 Could also be a question: “Is wisdom with the old, and understanding in length of days?”

T4T Old people are often very wise,
⇔ and because of having lived many years, they understand much,

LEB • is with the aged, and understanding is in length of days.

BBE Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —

ASV With aged men is wisdom,
 ⇔ And in length of days understanding.

DRA In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days prudence.

YLT With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding.

DBY With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.

RV With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.

WBS With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

KJB With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
(With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. )

BB Among olde persons there is wysedome, and in age is vnderstanding.
(Among old persons there is wisdom, and in age is understanding.)

GNV Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.
(Among the ancient is wisdom, and in the length of days is understanding. )

CB Amonge olde personnes there is wy?dome, and amonge the aged is vnderstodinge.
(Amonge old personnes there is wy?dome, and among the aged is understanding.)

WYC Wisdom is in elde men, and prudence is in myche tyme.
(Wisdom is in elde men, and prudence is in much time.)

LUT Ja, bei den Großvätern ist die Weisheit und der Verstand bei den Alten.
(Ya, bei the Großvätern is the Weisheit and the Verstand bei the Alten.)

CLV In antiquis est sapientia, et in multo tempore prudentia.
(In antiwho/any it_is sapientia, and in multo tempore prudentia. )

BRN In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge.

BrLXX Ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ σοφία, ἐν δὲ πολλῷ βίῳ ἐπιστήμη.
(En pollōi ⱪronōi sofia, en de pollōi biōi epistaʸmaʸ. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בִּֽ⁠ישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְ⁠אֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה

in/on/at/with,aged wisdom and,long days understanding

Though Job is making another general statement in this verse, he is referring implicitly to himself as someone who has acquired much wisdom through long experience. The further implication is that although Zophar challenged him in 11:8 by asking, “What will you know?” Job is insisting here that he actually does know a lot about life. You could indicate these things in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “I have lived a long time and I have acquired much wisdom through experience, so I actually do know a lot about life”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בִּֽ⁠ישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה

in/on/at/with,aged wisdom

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wisdom, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “The aged are wise”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

בִּֽ⁠ישִׁישִׁ֥ים

in/on/at/with,aged

Job is using the adjective aged as a noun to mean people of a certain kind. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “With aged people” or “With older people”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠אֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה

and,long days understanding

The expression length of days means a long life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “yes, people who have lived a long life have understanding”

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