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Job 12:3

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

King James Version

In Context

2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

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Cross References

Job 13:2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

Proverbs 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

2 Corinthians 11:21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

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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