Job 13:2

Job 13:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
• New International Version (NIV)What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Context of Job 13:2

1I have seen all these things with my own eyes. I have heard everything that you have said. I have understood it. I know as much as you do. You are no better than I am. 3But I want to speak to the Almighty God. I need to show him that I am right. 4What you say about me is only lies. You would be useless as doctors.

Job 13:2 word by word

כְּֽ֭דַעְתְּכֶם יָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם־אָ֑נִי לֹא־נֹפֵ֖ל אָנֹכִ֣י מִכֶּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• What ye knowדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• do I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• not inferiorנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Job 13:2

• Job 12:3But I understand things as well as you. You are no better than I am. Everyone knows the things that you have been saying.
• Job 15:8You do not know God's secret plans. You are not the only wise person in the world.
• Job 34:35“Job speaks like a fool who knows nothing. He only says useless things.”
• Job 35:16So, Job, you do not understand what you are saying. You speak a lot of words but they do not mean anything.’
• Job 37:2Listen carefully to the sound of God's voice, when he speaks like thunder.
• Job 40:4‘I am only a foolish man. I cannot answer your questions. I cover my mouth with my hand so that I say nothing.
• Job 42:7When the Lord had spoken to Job, he said this to Eliphaz, the man from Teman: ‘I am very angry with you and with your two friends. The things that my servant Job has said about me are true. But the things that you said were not right.
• 1 Corinthians 8:1You asked me a question about food that people have offered to idols. You say, ‘We all know about these things.’ We know that is true. But when you know about something, that can make you proud. Love is better. Love helps people to become strong.
• 2 Corinthians 11:4You are ready to listen to any false teachers who come to you. They might tell you about a different Jesus from the Jesus that we told you about. They might want you to receive a different spirit from the Spirit that you received from us. They might tell you a different kind of good news from the message that you heard from us. You seem to accept all this!
• 2 Corinthians 12:11I am speaking like a proud fool, but you have made me do it. You yourselves should be saying good things about me. I may not be important. But I am as good as those very special apostles.

Commentaries on Job 13:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2What ye know … - See the note at Job 12:3.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Job appealed to experience, just like his comforters had done (3:12–17; 5:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281. all this--as to the dealings of Providence (Job 12:3).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 13

• 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