Job 12:2

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No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

Doth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly?

For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

Woe to the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

we are fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we are ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!