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Selected Verse: Job 15:9 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Job 15:9	King James	What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
in us--or, "with us," Hebraism for "we are aware of."

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

in us--or, "with us," Hebraism for "we are aware of."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
What knowest thou that we know not? - What pretensions or claims to wisdom have you which we have not? We have had, at least, equal advantages, and may be presumed to know as much as you.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

What knowest thou that we know not? - What pretensions or claims to wisdom have you which we have not? We have had, at least, equal advantages, and may be presumed to know as much as you.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
What knowest thou - Is it likely that thy intellect is greater than ours; and that thou hast cultivated it better than we have done ours? What understandest thou - Or, Dost thou understand any thing, and it is not with us? Show us any point of knowledge possessed by thyself, of which we are ignorant.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

What knowest thou - Is it likely that thy intellect is greater than ours; and that thou hast cultivated it better than we have done ours?

What understandest thou - Or, Dost thou understand any thing, and it is not with us? Show us any point of knowledge possessed by thyself, of which we are ignorant.

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