Job 18:3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
KJV
Quare reputati sumus ut jumenta, et sorduimus coram vobis ?
Vulgate
διὰ τί ὥσπερ τετράποδα σεσιωπήκαμεν ἐναντίον σου;
LXX
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, Andare become unclean in your sight?
ASV
מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַ/בְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּ/עֵינֵי/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
מַדּ֖וּעַ
mdv'
adverb · 71×
נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ
ntmynv
verb · 1×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 25:3 — Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
- Job 17:4 — For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
- Job 17:10 — But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
- Ps 73:22 — So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.