Job 12:3

2 Corinthians 11:21-23; 2 Corinthians 11:5; Job 13:2-5; Job 26:2; Job 26:3; Job 6:6; Job 6:7; Proverbs 26:4

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 und...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz had appealed to revelation, Bildad to the wisdom of the ancients, Zophar assumes that he himself is the oracle of God's wisdom. Job answers t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

who knoweth not. ? Figure of speech Erotisis. App-6.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? I am not inferior to you - I do not f...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? Not inferior - not vanquished i...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Third Speech (Job 12-14) The friends have said God is wise and mighty. Job replies, 'I know that as well as you. You infer that He is also r...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which mu...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“God's Paths in Deep Waters” Job 12:1-25 Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job's last reply in this first cycle is to the whole argument, as well as to Zophar's application of it. From beginning to end, it thrills with sarca...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ 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 a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But I have understanding as well as you ,.... A natural understanding, or an understanding of natural things, which distinguishes a man from a brute...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? Ver. 3. But I have understanding a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But I have an understanding Hebrew, a heart , which is often put for the understanding: God hath given me also the knowledge and ability to ju...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB EMPHASISES GOD'S GREATNESS AND WISDOM (vv.1-25) Job's reply to Zophar was understandably sarcastic, "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Reply to Zophar. B. C. 1520. 1 A...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

An understanding, Heb. a heart ; which is oft put for the understanding , as Job 34:34 Jeremiah 5:21 Acts 8:22 ; i.e. God hath given me al...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR I. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech ( Job 12:2-3 ). His defence is:— 1. Ironi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 12:6 . The tabernacles of robbers prosper. Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to...
The Biblical Illustrator

But I have understanding as well as you. The effect of the friends’ speeches upon Job The whole world, Job feels, is against him, and he is lef...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The discourse of Job, here begun, continues through three chapters ( Job 12:1-18 ; Job 13:1-18 ; Job 14:1-18 .). It is thought to f...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Strange Good Fortune of the Godless. If Zophar's arguments had been valid and Job's suffering was to be regarded as the direct punishment for...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But I have understanding as well as you, he was in no wise lacking in the understanding of which they thought they had the monopoly ; I am not inferi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But — In these things, which he speaks not in a way of boasting, but for the just vindication both of himself, and of that cause of God, which for...

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

Related Commentaries of Job 12:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 12:3