Job 13:12 meaning and explanation

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

Job 13:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is answering his three friends, who have insisted his suffering must be punishment for hidden sin. Here he turns from their arguments to weigh what their wisdom is worth.

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