Job 12:3

גַּם ־ לִי לֵבָב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶם לֹא ־ נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם וְאֶת ־ מִי ־ אֵין כְּמוֹ ־ אֵֽלֶּה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2אָמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם ־ עָם וְעִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָֽה ׃

4שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶה קֹרֵא לֶאֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵהוּ שְׂחוֹק צַדִּיק תָּמִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Job 13:2כְּֽדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם ־ אָנִי לֹא ־ נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּֽם ׃

Proverbs 26:4אַל ־ תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּֽן ־ תִּשְׁוֶה ־ לּוֹ גַם ־ אָֽתָּה ׃

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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