English Standard Version
Job 18:3
3Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
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?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid?
Context of Job 18:3
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? 4You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
Read all of Job 18Job 18:3 word by word
מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 18:3
- Job 12:7"But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
- Job 17:4Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
- Psalms 73:22I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
- Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.
- Romans 12:10Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing 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
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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
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