Job 12:3

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?

World English Bible Classic

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“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

4I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

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Cross References

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

Proverbs 26:4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

2 Corinthians 11:21To my shame, I speak as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

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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