Job 18:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:22 : 22 I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.
  • Job 17:4 : 4 Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
  • Job 17:10 : 10 Anticipation of Death“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.
  • Eccl 3:18 : 18 I also thought to myself,“It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
  • Job 12:7-8 : 7 Knowledge of God’s Wisdom“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you. 8 Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

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