Job 15:9

Job 15:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
• New International Version (NIV)What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
• English Standard Version (ESV)What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
• New King James Version (NKJV)What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in us?

Context of Job 15:9

7Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? 8Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself? What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us? 10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father. 11Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

Job 15:9 word by word

מַה־יָּ֭דַעְתָּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע תָּ֝בִ֗ין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּ֥נוּ הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

• Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• do you knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that we do notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• What do you understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• clear to usעִם‛im · withH5973
• clear to usהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931

Cross-references for Job 15:9

• Job 13:2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
• Job 26:3How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
• 2 Corinthians 10:7You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
• 2 Corinthians 11:5I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

Commentaries on Job 15:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9What knowest thou - Is it likely that thy intellect is greater than ours; and that thou hast cultivated it better than we have done ours? What understandest thou - Or, Dost thou understand any thing, and it is not with us? Show us any point of knowledge possessed by thyself, of which we are ignorant.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9What knowest thou that we know not? - What pretensions or claims to wisdom have you which we have not? We have had, at least, equal advantages, and may be presumed to know as much as you.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Aged men who are gray-haired claim they alone have wisdom (8:8–10; 12:20; see 12:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. in us--or, "with us," Hebraism for "we are aware of."Read the comment

Topics related to Job 15:9

• Pride

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Eliphaz (2)
• Eliphaz

Commentaries on Job 15

• 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