Job 18:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 18

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³Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

Job 18:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Conceit Haughtiness Heart Presumption Pride Proud

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was serving Satan’s design in adding to Job’s affliction. I. He charges him with idle endless talk, as Eliphaz had done (Job 15:2, 3): How long will it be ere you make an end of words? Job 18:2. Here he reflects, not only upon Job himself, but either upon…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. beasts--alluding to what Job said (Job 12:7; so Is 1:3). vile--rather from a Hebrew root, “to stop up.” “Stubborn,” answering to the stupidity implied in the parallel first clause [Umbreit]. Why should we give occasion by your empty speeches for our being mutually reputed, in the sight of Job and one another, as unintelligent? (Job 17:4, 10).