Job 18:3
מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
In Context
2עַד ־ אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּֽר ׃
4טֹֽרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק ־ צוּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Job 12:7וְֽאוּלָם שְׁאַל ־ נָא בְהֵמוֹת וְתֹרֶךָּ וְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיַגֶּד ־ לָֽךְ ׃
Job 17:10וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא ־ אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם ׃
Ecclesiastes 3:18אָמַרְתִּֽי אֲנִי בְּלִבִּי עַל ־ דִּבְרַת בְּנֵי הָאָדָם לְבָרָם הָאֱלֹהִים וְלִרְאוֹת שְׁהֶם ־ בְּהֵמָה הֵמָּה לָהֶֽם ׃
Matthew Henry on Job 18:2-5
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was… Read the whole commentary →