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Job 12:3

But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

In Context

2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

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Cross References

Job 13:2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

2 Corinthians 11:21To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.

Matthew Henry on Job 12:2-6

Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. The reproofs Job here gives to his friends,… Read the whole commentary →

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