Job 12:3

But I have levav (understanding) as well as you; 1 I am not inferior to you; 1 yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 1

Orthodox Jewish 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

2Doubtless then ye are the people, 1 and chochmah shall die with you! 1

4I am as a laughingstock to his neighbor: 1 The man who calleth upon Eloah [they say of me], and He answereth him! 1 [To them I am] a laughingstock, the tzaddik, the tamim (blameless one)! 1

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Cross References

Job 13:2What ye know, of the same I have da'as also; 1 I am not inferior unto you. 1

Proverbs 26:4Answer not a kesil (fool) according to his folly, 1 lest thou also be like unto him. 1

2 Corinthians 11:21To my bushah, I say that we were too weak for that! But, nevertheless, in whatever way anyone may have chutzpah in foolishness, I also will speak with chutzpah.

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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