Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?
New American Standard Bible
I am not inferior to you.
And
King James Version
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Holman Bible
I am not inferior to you.
Who doesn’t know the things you are talking about?
International Standard Version
Like you, I also have understanding. I'm not inferior to you; who doesn't know things like this?"
A Conservative Version
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?
American Standard Version
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Amplified
“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?
Bible in Basic English
But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?
Darby Translation
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
Julia Smith Translation
Also to me a heart like you; I fall not more than you: and with whom not like these?
King James 2000
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knows not such things as these?
Modern King James verseion
But I have understanding as well as you; I do not fall short of you; yes, who does not know such things as these?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But I have understanding as well as ye, and am no less than ye. Yea who knoweth not these things?
NET Bible
I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
New Heart English Bible
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
The Emphasized Bible
I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?
Webster
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these?
World English Bible
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
Youngs Literal Translation
I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 12:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Fourth Speech
2 "Truly indeed you [are the] people, and wisdom will die with you. 3 {I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}? 4 I am a laughingstock to my friends: '[He] calls on God, and he answers him.' A righteous, blameless man [is] a laughingstock.
Cross References
Job 6:6-7
Can tasteless [food] be eaten without salt, or is there taste in the white of a marshmallow plant?
Job 13:2-5
{What you know}, I myself also know-- I [am] not more inferior than you.
Job 26:2-3
"How you have helped {one who has no power}! [How] you have assisted [the] arm {that has no strength}!
Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly lest you become like him--even you.
2 Corinthians 11:5
For I consider myself in no way to be inferior to the preeminent apostles.
2 Corinthians 11:21-23
I say [this] to [my] shame, namely, that we have been weak. But in whatever anyone dares to [boast]--I am speaking in foolishness--I also dare to [boast].