Job 18:3

Job 18:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
• New International Version (NIV)Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

Context of Job 18:3

1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, 2“How long will you hunt for words and continue these speeches? Do some clear thinking and show understanding and then we can talk. Why are we regarded as beasts, As if [we are] stupid (senseless) in your eyes? 4You who tear yourself apart in anger, Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake, Or the rock to be moved out of its place? 5“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out, And the flame of his fire will not shine.

Job 18:3 word by word

מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore are we countedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• as beastsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• reputed vileטָמָהţâmâh · to be considered stupidH2933
• in your sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869

Cross-references for Job 18:3

• Job 12:7“Now ask the animals, and let them teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character]; And ask the birds of the air, and let them tell you;
• Job 17:4But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].
• Psalms 73:22Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
• Ecclesiastes 3:18I said to myself regarding the sons of men, “God is surely testing them in order for them to see that [by themselves, without God] they are [only] animals.”
• Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another with [authentic] brotherly affection [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor;

Commentaries on Job 18:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Counted as beasts - Thou treatest us as if we had neither reason nor understanding.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Wherefore are we counted as beasts? - “Why are we treated in your remarks as if we had no sense, and were unworthy of sound argument in reply to what we say?” It is possible that there may be reference here to what Job said Job 12:7 - that even the beasts could give them information about God. But the general idea is, that Job had not treated their views with the attention which they deserved, but had regarded them as unworthy of notice. And reputed vile…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3How long until you end these speeches?: Bildad spoke to Job as if addressing a group, possibly meaning "people like you."Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. beasts--alluding to what Job said (Job 12:7; so Is 1:3). vile--rather from a Hebrew root, "to stop up." "Stubborn," answering to the stupidity implied in the parallel first clause [Umbreit]. Why should we give occasion by your empty speeches for our being mutually reputed, in the sight of Job and one another, as unintelligent? (Job 17:4, 10).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 18:3

• Pride
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Net
• Bildad

Commentaries on Job 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary