Job 12:3

Job 12:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
• New International Version (NIV)But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?

Context of Job 12:3

1Then Job answered: 2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? 4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock. 5The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Job 12:3 word by word

גַּם־לִ֤י לֵבָ֨ב׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶ֗ם לֹא־נֹפֵ֣ל אָנֹכִ֣י מִכֶּ֑ם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵ֥ין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

• But I alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• a mindלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• a mindכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• Iאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
• am notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• inferiorנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• to youאֵת'êth · withH854
• Whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
• does notאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• as theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428

Cross-references for Job 12:3

• Job 13:2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
• Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
• 2 Corinthians 11:5I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
• Job 6:6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
• Job 26:2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

Commentaries on Job 12:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I am not inferior to you - I do not fall short of any of you in understanding, wisdom, learning, and experience. Who knoweth not such things as these? - All your boasted wisdom consists only in strings of proverbs which are in every person's mouth, and are no proof of wisdom and experience in them that use them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3But I have understanding as well as you - Margin, as in the Hebrew “an heart.” The word “heart” in the Scriptures is often used to denote the understanding or mind. It seems to have been regarded as the source of that which was called life or soul. Indeed, I do not recollect a single instance in the Scriptures in which the word “head” is used, as with us, as the seat of the intellect, or where the distinction is adverted to that is so common with us…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. not inferior--not vanquished in argument and "wisdom" (Job 13:2). such things as these--such commonplace maxims as you so pompously adduce.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 12:3

• Pride
• Sarcasm
• Self-Exaltation
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Deep
• Discover
• Satan

Commentaries on Job 12

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings