- Bible
- Job
- Chapter 12
- Verse 3
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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Gill's Exposition
I am as one mocked of his neighbour,.... That is, according to Sephorno, if I knew not, or denied those things you have been speaking of concerning God, his immensity, sovereignty, and wisdom, I…
Barnes' Notes
But I have understanding as well as you - Margin, as in the Hebrew “an heart.” The word “heart” in the Scriptures is often used to denote the understanding or mind. It seems to have been regarded as…
The reproofs Job here gives to his friends, whether they were just or no, were very sharp, and may serve for a rebuke to all that are proud and scornful, and an exposure of their folly.
I. He upbraids…
Cambridge Bible
But I have understanding Rather, I also have understanding, lit. heart; cf. on ch. Job 11:12, to the depreciating words of which Job refers.
who knoweth not such things as these lit. with whom are not…
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