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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn`t know such things as these?
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Standing Firm in Your Faith
Job's declaration, "I am not inferior to you," is not simple pride. Commentators explain it as the necessary self-defense of a person whose faith and integrity are being unjustly attacked. When faced with condescending judgment, even a modest person may need to affirm their own standing in wisdom and faith, refusing to be seen as spiritually 'less than' because of their suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But I have understanding as well as you - Margin, as in the Hebrew, “a heart.” The word “heart” in the Scriptures is often used to …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But I have understanding as well as you A natural understanding, or an understanding of natural things, which distin…
Job rebukes his friends for the high opinion they had of their own wisdom compared to his. We are prone to interpret rebukes as criticisms and to t…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the previous chapter, Zophar had tried to show that a person cannot understand the secrets of God’s wisdom (Job 11:6) in order to in…
