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Job Presents His Case

Job 12:3

In 11 translations

BSB
But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
KJV
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?understanding: Heb. an heartI am…: Heb. I fall not lower than youwho…: Heb. with whom are not such as these?
WEB
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
ASV
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
LSV
I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, || And with whom is there not like these?
YLT
I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?
DBY
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
DRC
I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?
GNV
But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
JPS
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
LXXE
But I also have a heart as well as you.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
גַּם־לִ֤י לֵבָ֨ב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶ֗ם לֹא־נֹפֵ֣ל אָנֹכִ֣י מִכֶּ֑ם וְאֶת־מִי־אֵ֥ין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה׃
LXX-Br
Κᾀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθʼ ὑμᾶς ἐστι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 13:2–5What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God. You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians. If only you would remain…
  • 2 Corinthians 11:21–23To 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. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of…
  • Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
  • Job 26:2–3“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
  • 2 Corinthians 11:5I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
  • Job 6:6–7Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg? My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

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