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Job 18:3

Job 18:3 is verse 3 of Job chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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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?

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Job 18:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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

3 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.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 12:7

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

Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.

Job 17:4

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

Job 17:10

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

Psalms 73:22

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

Ecclesiastes 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.”

Romans 12:10

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

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