Job 18:3
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4 You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
- KJV
- Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
- WEB
- Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
- ASV
- Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?
- DARBY
- Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?
- BLB
- Why are we regarded as cattle, as stopped up in your⁺ eyes?
- ÅB
- Hvorfor er vi aktet som fe? Hvorfor er vi urene i deres øyne?
- OTB
- Hvorfor blir vi sett på som dyr,
og ansett som tåpelige i dine øyne? - B1930
- Hvorfor er vi aktet som fe? Hvorfor er vi urene i eders øine?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
Read in contextJob 17:4
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
Read in contextJob 17:10
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 3:18
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.”
Read in contextRomans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Read in contextJob 12:7–8
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
Read in context