Job 18:3
Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
BSB
ASV
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?
KJV
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts,.... This seems to refer to Job 12:7; where Job sends them to the beasts, to get knowledge and instruction; and therefore it was concluded he reckoned them as such, and put them on a level with them, yea, made them inferior to them; or to Job 17:4; where they are represented as destitute of wisdom and understanding, and therefore it is supposed were counted by Job no other than as beasts.
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Ecclesiastes 3:18I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
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I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
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Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
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I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
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Job 17:4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
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Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.