Job 18:3 “Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?”

Job 18:3

Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

American Standard Version

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

Bible in Basic English

Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

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Cross references

“Wherefore”

Psalm 73:22 Job 17:4 Job 17:10 Ecclesiastes 3:18 Romans 12:10 Job 12:7

Psalm 73:22 · BSB

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

Job 17:4 · BSB

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

Job 17:10 · BSB

But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

Ecclesiastes 3:18 · BSB

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.”

Romans 12:10 · BSB

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Job 12:7 · BSB

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

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