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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Well, I know a few things myself— and you’re no better than I am. Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?

Context of Job 12:3

1Then Job answered and said: 2"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? 4I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock. 5In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.

Job 12:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• I have understandingלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• not inferiorנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• to you: yea, who knoweth not such thingsכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644

Cross-references for Job 12:3

• Job 13:2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
• Proverbs 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
• 2 Corinthians 11:5Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.
• Job 6:6Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?
• Job 26:2"How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!

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