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THE MESSAGE
Job 12:3
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But I also have a mind like you;I am not inferior to you.Who doesn’t know the things you are talking about?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
But my mind is as good as yours; you are not better than I am. Everyone knows all these things.
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
"But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these [of God's wisdom and might]?
"But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
But I have a heart of wisdom as well as you;I do not fall short of you.And who does not know such things as these?
But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
But I know as much as you do, and so does everyone else.
But I too have a brain, as much as you, In no way am I inferior to you. Besides, who doesn't know things like these?
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
But my mind is as good as yours. You aren't any smarter than I am. You haven't said anything that people don't already know.
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; but to whom are such things as these not known?
But I have as much sense as you have; I am in no way inferior to you; everyone knows all that you have said.
I also have insight like you; I am not more inferior than you. And who does not know things like these?
I also have a heart as well as you; I do not fall short of you. And with whom are not things like these?
But I haue vnderstodinge as well as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Yee who knoweth not these thinges?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
But I haue vnderstanding as well as you, I am not inferiour to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges?
But I also have a heart as well as you.
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
And to me is an herte, as and to you, and Y am not lowere than ye; for who knowith not these thingis, whiche ye knowen?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
Well, I know a few things myself— and you're no better than I am. Who doesn't know these things you've been saying?
But I have understanding as well as you. I am not less than you. Who does not know such things as these?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?
I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?
"But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
But I have: Job 13:2-5, Proverbs 26:4, 2 Corinthians 11:5, 2 Corinthians 11:21-23
understanding: Heb. an heart
I am not inferior to you: Heb. I fall not lower than you. who knoweth not such things as these. Heb. with whom are not such as these. Job 6:6, Job 6:7, Job 26:2, Job 26:3
Reciprocal: Job 6:13 - and is wisdom Job 11:12 - would Job 12:9 - Who Job 34:16 - General Job 37:19 - Teach Job 38:2 - General
Cross-References
Laban said, "If you please, I have learned through divine inquiry that God has blessed me because of you." He went on, "So name your wages. I'll pay you."
By now Balaam realized that God wanted to bless Israel. So he didn't work in any sorcery as he had done earlier. He turned and looked out over the wilderness. As Balaam looked, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God came on him, and he spoke his oracle-message: Decree of Balaam son of Beor, yes, decree of a man with 20/20 vision; Decree of a man who hears God speak, who sees what The Strong God shows him, Who falls on his face in worship, who sees what's really going on. What beautiful tents, Jacob, oh, your homes, Israel! Like valleys stretching out in the distance, like gardens planted by rivers, Like sweet herbs planted by the gardener God , like red cedars by pools and springs, Their buckets will brim with water, their seed will spread life everywhere. Their king will tower over Agag and his ilk, their kingdom surpassingly majestic. God brought them out of Egypt, rampaging like a wild ox, Gulping enemies like morsels of meat, crushing their bones, snapping their arrows. Israel crouches like a lion and naps, king-of-the-beasts—who dares disturb him? Whoever blesses you is blessed, whoever curses you is cursed.
"He will answer them, ‘I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you failed to do one of these things to someone who was being overlooked or ignored, that was me—you failed to do it to me.'
In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are Christ's family, then you are Abraham's famous "descendant," heirs according to the covenant promises.
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
I looked again. I saw a huge crowd, too huge to count. Everyone was there—all nations and tribes, all races and languages. And they were standing, dressed in white robes and waving palm branches, standing before the Throne and the Lamb and heartily singing: Salvation to our God on his Throne! Salvation to the Lamb! All who were standing around the Throne—Angels, Elders, Animals—fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped God, singing: Oh, Yes! The blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving, The honor and power and strength, To our God forever and ever and ever! Oh, Yes!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But I have understanding as well as you,.... A natural understanding, or an understanding of natural things, which distinguishes a man from a brute; and a spiritual understanding, an understanding enlightened by the spirit of God, which is naturally dark as to divine things; but he had an understanding given him, to know himself, his state and condition by nature; to know God, his love and grace to men, and, as his covenant God, to know Christ his living Redeemer, who should stand on the earth in the latter day, both to be his Redeemer and his Judge; to know his interest in him, and in the blessings of grace and glory by him: or, "I have an heart as well as you" d; a wise and an understanding one; a new heart, and a right spirit; an heart to fear and serve the Lord, a sincere and upright one, and devoid of hypocrisy and deceit; and as good an one as theirs:
I [am] not inferior unto you: he was indeed as to estate and substance, being now reduced; though he had been, in that sense, the greatest man in all the east; but in wisdom and knowledge, in gifts and grace: thus a modest man, when oppressed and insulted by the speeches of overbearing men, may be obliged and see it necessary to say some things of himself, in his own vindication, which he otherwise would not; see
2 Corinthians 11:15; or, "I am not falling before you"; or "by you" e; as one intimidated, conquered, and yielding; I stand my ground, and will not gave way or submit to you, or allow you to have the superiority of me: or, "I am falling [no more] than you"; they took him for an apostate from God, and the fear of him, and the true religion he had professed, which Job denies; he held fast his integrity; and though he was fallen into calamities and afflictions, he was not fallen from God; from his fear of him, faith in him, and love and obedience to him; he was a holy, good man, a persevering saint; and though he had slips and falls in common with good men, yet fell not finally and totally, or was an apostate from the faith:
yea, who knoweth not such things as these? or, "with whom are not as these" f? the things you have been discoursing of, which you would fain have pass for the secrets of wisdom, deep and mysterious things, hid from vulgar eyes, which none have and know but yourselves, are common things, what everyone is possessed of, and understands as well as you; that there is a God that has made the world, and governs it; that he himself is unsearchable, infinite and incomprehensible; a sovereign Being that does according to his will and pleasure, and sees and knows all things, and does all things well and wisely, and according to the counsel of his will: though some think Job has reference not to what Zophar had been discoursing concerning the infinity and wisdom of God, but to the thing or things in dispute between them, or to the assertions of his friends; that it is always well with good men, and ill with bad men, or that wicked men only are punished and afflicted, and particularly what Zophar concluded his speech with, Job 11:20. Now these were vulgar notions, which the common people had taken up, and were vulgar errors, as he proves in the following verses, by giving instances of good men, being afflicted, and of bad men being in prosperity.
d ×× ×× ××× ××××× "etiam mihi cor sicut vobis", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Schmidt, Michaelis, Schultens; so Broughton. e ×× × ×¤× ×× ×× ××× "non cadens ego a vobis", Montanus, Vatablus, Bolducius, Beza, Mercerus, Michaelis; "prae vobis", Schmidt. f ××ת ×× ××× ××× ××× "et cum quo non sicut haec?" Pagninus, Montanus, Bolducius, Mercerus; and to the same sense Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But I have understanding as well as you - Margin, as in the Hebrew âan heart.â The word âheartâ in the Scriptures is often used to denote the understanding or mind. It seems to have been regarded as the source of that which was called life or soul. Indeed, I do not recollect a single instance in the Scriptures in which the word âheadâ is used, as with us, as the seat of the intellect, or where the distinction is adverted to that is so common with us, between the head and the heart. With us, the heart is the seat of the affections and emotions; with the Hebrews, it was the seat of understanding, and the ÏÏλαÌγÏνα splangchna - the viscera, the bowels, were the seat of the emotions; see the notes at Isaiah 16:11. A more correct physiology has taught us that the brain is the organ of the intellect, and we now speak of âthe heartâ as the seat of the affections. The Romans regarded the âbreastâ as the seat of the soul. Thus, Virgil, speaking of the death of Lucagus by the hand of Aeneas, says:
Tum latebras animae pectus mucrone recludit
Aeneid x. 601.
I am not inferior to you - Margin, âfall not lower than.â This is the literal translation: âI do not fall beneath you.â Job claims to be equal to them in the power of quoting the sayings. of the ancients; and in order to show this, he proceeds to adduce a number of proverbial sayings, occupying the remainder of this chapter, to show that he was familiar with that mode of reasoning, and that in this respect he was fully their equal. This may be regarded as a trial of skill, and was quite common in the East. Wisdom consisted in storing up a large amount of proverbs and maxims, and in applying them readily and pertinently on all public occasions; and in this controversy, Job was by no means disposed to yield to them.
Yea, who knoweth not such things as these? - Margin, âWith whomâ are ânot such as these?â The meaning is, that instead of being original, the sentiments which they advanced were the most commonplace imaginable. Job not only said that he knew them, but that it would be strange if every body did not know them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 12:3. I am not inferior to you — I do not fall short of any of you in understanding, wisdom, learning, and experience.
Who knoweth not such things as these? — All your boasted wisdom consists only in strings of proverbs which are in every person's mouth, and are no proof of wisdom and experience in them that use them.
