Job 20:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  • Gen 9:1-3 : 1 ¶ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 ¶ For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
  • Job 15:10 : 10 With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
  • Job 32:7 : 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 38:18-21
    4 verses
    80%

    18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

    19Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

    20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

    21Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?

  • 4¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

  • 3But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

  • 21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Job 15:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7[Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

    8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

    9What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?

  • 6[Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

  • 20¶ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?

  • 15¶ Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

  • Job 10:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

    5[Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man's days,

    6That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

  • 5That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?

  • 27Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.

  • 10Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

  • 10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  • 10Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

  • 1¶ Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

  • 3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

  • Job 8:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8¶ For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

    9(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)

  • 16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

  • 16¶ If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

  • 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 2I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

  • 13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

  • Job 28:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?

    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • 3Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • 20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

  • 4As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?

  • 2What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior unto you.

  • 27But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • 21Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.

  • 11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?

  • 3LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

  • 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

  • 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

  • 4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

  • 25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.

  • 4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;

  • 14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

  • 17¶ What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

  • 21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

  • 20[Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 22Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.