New International Version (NIV)
12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job 13:12
Job 13:12 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
12“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
12“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;
Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
12Your sayings are as useless as ashes.
The answers you give are as weak as clay.