Job 12:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: indeed, who does not know such things as these?

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  • Job 13:2-5 : 2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. 4 But you are forgers of lies, you are all worthless physicians. 5 Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom.
  • Job 26:2-3 : 2 How have you helped him who is without power? How have you saved the arm that has no strength? 3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom? And how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?
  • Prov 26:4 : 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 For I consider that I am not in any way inferior to the very chief apostles.
  • 2 Cor 11:21-23 : 21 I speak concerning reproach, as though we were weak. But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.
  • Job 6:6-7 : 6 Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful food.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 13:1-3
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    84%

    1Look, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

    2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

    3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
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    8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that is not in us?

  • Job 12:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1And Job answered and said,

    2No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

    4Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me.

  • Job 20:3-4
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    3I have heard the rebuke of my dishonor, and the spirit of my understanding prompts me to respond.

    4Do you not know this of old, since man was placed on earth,

  • Prov 30:2-3
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    76%

    2Surely I am more ignorant than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

    3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

    13With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

  • Job 34:34-35
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    75%

    34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.

    35Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

  • 4I am like one mocked by his neighbor, who calls upon God, and He answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

  • 12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

  • 9Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment.

  • 32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • 2Hear my words, O you wise men; and listen to me, you who have knowledge.

  • 20From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • 14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.

  • 15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

  • 2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

  • 11And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • 13Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

  • 3How have you counseled him who has no wisdom? And how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?

  • 16I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

  • 8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • 13Is not my help within me? And is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • 3And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?

  • 7I said, Let days speak, and multitude of years teach wisdom.

  • 12Behold, in this you are not just; I will answer you, that God is greater than man.

  • 21Do you know it, because you were born then? Or because the number of your days is great?

  • 23All this have I tested by wisdom. I said, 'I will be wise,' but it was far from me.

  • 3I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will attribute righteousness to my Maker.

  • 8Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?

  • 11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?

  • 6A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

  • 12I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

  • 8It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than the grave; what can you know?

  • 10But as for you all, do you return, and come now; for I cannot find one wise man among you.

  • 4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

  • 36Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the heart?

  • 22Can anyone teach God knowledge, seeing He judges those who are high?

  • 16Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

  • 10Do not say, 'Why were the former days better than these?' for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

  • 13This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me: