Bible Strands
Job 13:2
What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his three friends during a formal debate over his suffering. He addresses them directly after stating that his eyes have witnessed God's actions firsthand.
The words — The Hebrew נֹפֵ֖ל (no.Fel), literally "falling," anchors Job's claim of not being inferior. He couples this with יָדַ֣עְתִּי (ya.Da'.ti), "I know," to assert equal cognitive standing.
The thread — This claim of equal knowledge appears in Job 12:3 and is later met with divine correction in Job 42:7. The defense of intellectual credibility recurs in 2 Corinthians 11:16.
Why it lands — The text asserts Job's right to demand a direct audience with God based on personal observation. It requires the reader to acknowledge that firsthand experience carries equal weight in theological dispute.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Cross-references
- Job 12:3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
- Job 42:7 After 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 My servant Job has.
- 2 Corinthians 11:16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 I 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.
- Job 34:35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
- Job 35:16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
- Job 37:2 Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
- Job 40:4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
- 2 Corinthians 11:4 For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.