Job 13:2
in Job 13What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
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ASV
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
KJV
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
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This verse in Job 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
my eyes have seen all this
on Job 13:1-3
Job answers the friends' claim to superior wisdom by matching point for point: "What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you". His desire turns toward God, "I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God", the wish the whirlwind speeches answer.
This site's exposition
What you know, I also know
Job repeats the claim of Job 12:3: his eyes have seen and his ears have heard all that the friends know. Gregory notes the humility of it, since Job claims only equal wisdom with men whose lives he far surpassed. What they know, he knows.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
So excluding their boasting, by which they seemed to be putting themselves before Job by manifesting the great things of God, he then says, "I also know in the same way you do," those things which pertain to the magnificence of God, "nor am I …
What ye know, the same do I know also; I am not inferior to you. By which same words he made known what exceeding humility he had, who says that he was 'not inferior' to them, whose life by holy living he very far surpassed. For he makes good that 'what they knew he knew,' who by knowing the things of heaven transcended their earthly thoughts through the spirit of prophecy in addition.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
All he had before said his eye had seen confirmed by many instances, and his ear had heard seconded by many authorities, and he well understood it and what use to make of it. Happy are those who not only see and hear, but understand, the greatness, glory, and sovereignty of God. This, he thought, would justify what he had said before ( ch. xii.
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): " What you know, the same do I know also, so that I need not come to you to be taught; I am not inferior unto you in wisdom." Note, Those who enter into disputation enter into temptation to magnify themselves and vilify their brethren more than is fit, and therefore ought to watch and pray against the workings of pride.
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What ye know, the same do I know also,.... Concerning God and his perfections, his sovereignty, holiness, justice, wisdom, power, goodness, &c. and concerning his providences, and his dealings with men in an ordinary or in an extraordinary way: I am not inferior unto you; as might be deduced from the preceding discourse; See Gill on Job 12:3.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
What ye know ... - See the note at Job 12:3.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּֽ֭דַעְתְּכֶם | keda'tekhem | like knowledge your | H1847 → | 92 times |
| יָדַ֣עְתִּי | yada'ti | I know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| גַם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אָ֑נִי | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נֹפֵ֖ל | nofel | [am] falling | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אָנֹכִ֣י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מִכֶּֽם׃ | mikem | more than you |
כְּֽ֭דַעְתְּכֶםlike knowledge your
keda'tekhemH1847 →92 times
יָדַ֣עְתִּיI know
yada'tiH3045 →945 times
גַם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
אָ֑נִיI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
נֹפֵ֖ל[am] falling
nofelH5307 →435 times
אָנֹכִ֣יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מִכֶּֽם׃more than you
mikem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as…
it leads to
- Job 32:2–3
This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
- Job 11:5–6
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
- Job 32:5
But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
- Job 4:1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- Psalms 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
- Job 32:2–3
Through
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:5
I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:8–10
And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
- 2 Corinthians 11:5
Through
Job 12:3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
it leads to
- Job 13:2–5
What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
- Job 13:2–5
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About Job
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.