King James Version
Job 12:2 in the King James Version says “No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.” — study this verse from Job chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.”
Job 12:2 · KJV
And Job answered and said,
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? understanding: Heb. an heart I am: Heb. I fall not lower than you who: Heb. with whom are not such as these?
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“but ye are the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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