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

1“Look, I have seen all this with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, and now I understand. I know as much as you do. You are no better than I am. 3As for me, I would speak directly to the Almighty. I want to argue my case with God himself. 4As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks.

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 12:3Well, I know a few things myself— and you’re no better than I am. Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?
• Job 15:8Were you listening at God’s secret council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
• Job 34:35‘Job speaks out of ignorance; his words lack insight.’
• Job 35:16But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool.”
• Job 37:2Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice as it rolls from his mouth.
• Job 40:4“I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover my mouth with my hand.
• Job 42:7After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.
• 1 Corinthians 8:1Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know that “we all have knowledge” about this issue. But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church.
• 2 Corinthians 11:4You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.
• 2 Corinthians 12:11You have made me act like a fool. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.

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