Job 18:3

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?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

Context of Job 18:3

1Then Bildad from Shuah replied ⌞to Job⌟, 2“How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we’ll talk. Why do you think of us as cattle? Why are we considered stupid in your eyes? 4Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged? 5“Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire stops glowing.

Job 18:3 word by word

מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore are we countedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• as beastsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• reputed vileטָמָהţâmâh · to be considered stupidH2933
• in your sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869

Cross-references for Job 18:3

• Job 12:7“Instead, ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds, and they will tell you.
• Job 17:4You have closed their minds so that they cannot understand. That is why you will not honor them.
• Psalms 73:22I was stupid, and I did not understand. I was like a dumb animal in your presence.
• Ecclesiastes 3:18I thought to myself, “God is going to test humans in order to show them that they are ⌞like⌟ animals.”
• Romans 12:10Be devoted to each other like a loving family. Excel in showing respect for each other.

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

Topics related to Job 18:3

• Pride
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Net
• Bildad

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