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Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Job 12:20

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Job12:20

20. the trusty--rather, "those secure in their eloquence"; for example, the speakers in the gate (Is 3:3) [Beza].

understanding--literally, "taste," that is, insight or spiritual discernment, which experience gives the aged. The same Hebrew word is applied to Daniel's wisdom in interpretation (Da 2:14).

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