Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 2. No doubt but ye are the people ] Doubtless ye are the wisest men in the world; all wisdom is concentrated in you; and when ye die, there will no more be found on the face of the earth! This is a strong irony.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - Job upbraids his friends with the good opinion they had of their ow wisdom compared with his. We are apt to call reproofs reproaches, an to think ourselves mocked when advised and admonished; this is ou folly; yet here was colour for this charge. He suspected the true caus of their conduct to be, that they despised him who was fallen int poverty. It is the way of the world. Even the just, upright man, if he comes under a cloud, is looked upon with contempt.
Original Hebrew אמנם551 כי3588 אתם859 עם5971 ועמכם5973 תמות4191 חכמה׃2451
