The Meaning of Job 12:3 Explained

Job 12:3

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

YLT: I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?

Darby: I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?

ASV: 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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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 12:3?

MEANING: What does Job 12:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 12:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 12:3?

What is the context of Job 12:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 12:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 12:1-25 - "god's Paths In Deep Waters"

Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains that his friends mocked at him so contemptuously. He says that they remind him of those who are glad enough of a torch when their foot is slipping in the dark, but cast it aside when they reach their quarters, Job 12:5.

Those who rob are often the most prosperous, Job 12:6, and nature teaches that the animals and plants which are most sturdy in their self-assertion are most secure. Is not the vulture more secure than the dove, the lion than the ox, the shark than the dolphin, the rose than the thorn which tears it? In all such cases you cannot explain the mystery except by referring it to the will of God, whose reasons are past finding out. Similar mysteries beset human life.

Job still further illustrates his point from human life, showing that the lives of counselors, judges, kings, priests, princes, and elders are exposed to the same apparent anomalies and inequalities of treatment. We know, however, that suffering is purifying to the soul, and often redemptive, as Christ's was, for others. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 12

¹ Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him
⁷ He acknowledges the doctrine of God's omnipotence

What do the individual words in Job 12:3 mean?

But I have understanding as well as you not inferior I [am] to you and indeed who does not [know] such things as these

גַּם־ לִ֤י לֵבָ֨ב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶ֗ם לֹא־ נֹפֵ֣ל אָנֹכִ֣י מִכֶּ֑ם וְאֶת־ מִי־ אֵ֥ין כְּמוֹ־ ؟ אֵֽלֶּה

לִ֤י	I have
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
לֵבָ֨ב ׀	understanding
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לֵבָב Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding.
כְּֽמוֹכֶ֗ם	as well as you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural Root: כְּמֹו Sense: like, as, the like of which conj.
נֹפֵ֣ל	inferior
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: נָפַל Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
אָנֹכִ֣י	I [am]
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular Root: אָנׄכִי Sense: I (first pers.
מִכֶּ֑ם	to you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
וְאֶת־	and indeed
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: אֵת Sense: with, near, together with.
אֵ֥ין	does not [know]
Parse: Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
כְּמוֹ־	such things
Parse: Preposition Root: כְּמֹו Sense: like, as, the like of which conj.
؟ אֵֽלֶּה	as these
Parse: Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.

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