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Wycliffe Bible

Job 15:9

What thing knowist thou, whiche we knowen not? What thing vndurstondist thou, whiche we witen not?

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eliphaz;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
What do you know that we don’t?What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Hebrew Names Version
What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?
King James Version
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
English Standard Version
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
New Century Version
You don't know any more than we know. You don't understand any more than we understand.
New English Translation
What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that we don't understand?
Amplified Bible
"What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not equally clear to us?
New American Standard Bible
"What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?
World English Bible
What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?
Geneva Bible (1587)
What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
Legacy Standard Bible
What do you know that we do not know?What do you understand that is not with us?
Berean Standard Bible
What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Contemporary English Version
Do you know and understand something we don't?
Complete Jewish Bible
What do you know that we don't know? What discernment do you have that we don't?
Darby Translation
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
Easy-to-Read Version
We know as much as you do! We understand as well as you.
George Lamsa Translation
Or what do you know that we do not know? Or what do you under, stand that we do not understand?
Good News Translation
There is nothing you know that we don't know.
Lexham English Bible
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Literal Translation
What do you know that we do not know? Or understand, that is not with us?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
What knowest thou, yt we knowe not? What vnderstondest thou, but we can the same?
American Standard Version
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Bible in Basic English
What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
King James Version (1611)
What knowest thou that we know not? what vnderstandest thou, which is not in vs?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
What knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For what knowest thou, that, we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?
English Revised Version
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Update Bible Version
What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?
Webster's Bible Translation
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?
New King James Version
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in us?
New Living Translation
What do you know that we don't? What do you understand that we do not?
New Life Bible
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
New Revised Standard
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?
Douay-Rheims Bible
What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
Revised Standard Version
What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Young's Literal Translation
What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?

Contextual Overview

1 Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide, 2 Whether a wise man schal answere, as spekynge ayens the wynd, and schal fille his stomac with brennyng, `that is, ire? 3 For thou repreuest hym bi wordis, which is not lijk thee, and thou spekist that, that spedith not to thee. 4 As myche as is in thee, thou hast avoidid drede; and thou hast take awey preyeris bifor God. 5 For wickidnesse hath tauyt thi mouth, and thou suest the tunge of blasfemeris. 6 Thi tunge, and not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere thee. 7 Whether thou art borun the firste man, and art formed bifor alle little hillis? 8 Whether thou herdist the counsel of God, and his wisdom is lower than thou? 9 What thing knowist thou, whiche we knowen not? What thing vndurstondist thou, whiche we witen not? 10 Bothe wise men and elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

knowest: Job 13:2, Job 26:3, Job 26:4, 2 Corinthians 10:7, 2 Corinthians 11:5, 2 Corinthians 11:21-30

Reciprocal: Job 5:27 - we have searched Job 17:10 - for I Psalms 119:100 - understand

Cross-References

Genesis 22:13
Abraham reiside hise iyen, and he seiy `bihynde his bak a ram cleuynge bi hornes among breris, which he took, and offride brent sacrifice for the sone.
Leviticus 1:3
and of the droue of oxun, he schal offre a male beeste without wem at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, to make the Lord plesid to hym.
Leviticus 1:10
That if the offryng is of litle beestis, a brent sacrifice of scheep, ethir of geet, he schal offre a male beeste with out wem,
Leviticus 1:14
Forsothe if the offryng of brent sacrifice to the Lord is of briddis, of turtlis, and of culuer briddis,
Leviticus 3:1
That if his offryng is a sacrifice of pesible thingis, and he wole offre of oxun, he schal offre bifore the Lord a male, ether a female, without wem.
Leviticus 3:6
Sotheli if his offryng is of scheep, and a sacrifice of pesible thingis, whether he offrith a male ether a female, tho schulen be without wem.
Leviticus 9:2
and he seide to Aaron, Take thou of the droue a calf for synne, and a ram `in to brent sacrifice, euer either with oute wem, and offre tho bifor the Lord.
Leviticus 9:4
in to brent sacrifice, an oxe and a ram for pesible thingis; and offre ye tho bifor the Lord, and offre ye whete flour spreynt with oile in the sacrifice of ech; for to dai the Lord schal appere to you.
Leviticus 12:8
That if hir hond fyndith not, nethir may offre a lomb, sche schal take twei turtlis, ethir twei `briddis of culueres, oon in to brent sacrifice, and the tother for synne; and the preest schal preye for hir, and so sche schal be clensid.
Leviticus 14:22
and twei turtlis, ethir twei `briddis of culueris, of whiche oon be for synne, and the tothir in to brent sacrifice;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What knowest thou that we know not?.... Which are pretty near the words of Job to his friends, Job 12:3; and to the same sense is what follows:

[what] understandest thou which [is] not in us? in our hearts, minds, and understanding; or among us, which one or other, or all of us, have not: yet all men have not knowledge alike; some that profess themselves to be wise, and to have a large share of knowledge, are fools; and such who think they know something extraordinary, and more than others, know nothing as they ought to know; and such who have gifts of real knowledge have them different one from another; even of the things known there is not a like degree of knowledge, and particularly in spiritual things; some are little children in understanding, some are young men and know more, and some are fathers, and know most of all; an equality in knowledge belongs to another state, to the latter day glory, when the watchmen shall see eye to eye, and all shall know the Lord, from the least to the greatest, and especially to the ultimate glory, when saints will know as they are known.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What knowest thou that we know not? - What pretensions or claims to wisdom have you which we have not? We have had, at least, equal advantages, and may be presumed to know as much as you.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 15:9. What knowest thou — Is it likely that thy intellect is greater than ours; and that thou hast cultivated it better than we have done ours?

What understandest thou — Or, Dost thou understand any thing, and it is not with us? Show us any point of knowledge possessed by thyself, of which we are ignorant.


 
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