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Do you think we are stupid?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore are we counted as beasts, <i>and</i> reputed vile in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Why are we counted as beasts, <i>And</i> regarded as stupid in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Why are we regarded as animals, As stupid in your eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Why are we regarded as beasts, As dense in your eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Why are we regarded as beasts, As if [we are] stupid (senseless) in your eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Or do you think that we are dumb animals? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and are become unclean in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Why do you think of us as cattle? Why are we considered stupid in your eyes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />What makes you think we are as stupid as cattle? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Why have we been reckoned as livestock? We have been defiled in your eyes!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore were we reckoned as cattle, and were unclean in your eyes?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Why have we been treated like mules, as if we were unworthy before you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Why are we accounted like beasts, equal to them in your sight? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and have become abominable in your sight? O you who slays himself in his anger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Why are we considered as a beast and we are defiled in your eyes?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And reputed dull in your sight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/18-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2715" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/18.htm">Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4069.htm" title="4069: mad·dū·a‘ (Interrog) -- Why? for what reason?. Or madduaa; from mah and the passive participle of yada'; what known?; i.e. why?.">Why</a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: neḥ·šaḇ·nū (V-Nifal-Perf-1cp) -- To think, account. ">are we regarded</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: ḵab·bə·hê·māh (Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">as cattle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2933.htm" title="2933: niṭ·mî·nū (V-Nifal-Perf-1cp) -- To be stopped up, stupid. A collateral form of tame'; to be impure in a religious sense.">as stupid</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·nê·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-cdc:: 2mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in your sight?</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/12-3.htm">Job 12:3</a></span><br />But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/15-2.htm">Job 15:2-3</a></span><br />“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind? / Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/17-4.htm">Job 17:4</a></span><br />You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-2.htm">Job 19:2-3</a></span><br />“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? / Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-3.htm">Job 21:3</a></span><br />Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/26-2.htm">Job 26:2-4</a></span><br />“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! / How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight! / To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/34-35.htm">Job 34:35</a></span><br />‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/35-16.htm">Job 35:16</a></span><br />So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/42-7.htm">Job 42:7</a></span><br />After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/18-2.htm">Proverbs 18:2</a></span><br />A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/26-12.htm">Proverbs 26:12</a></span><br />Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-21.htm">Isaiah 5:21</a></span><br />Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-14.htm">Isaiah 29:14</a></span><br />Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-9.htm">Jeremiah 8:9</a></span><br />The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?</p><p class="hdg">Wherefore</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-7.htm">Job 12:7,8</a></b></br> But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/17-4.htm">Job 17:4,10</a></b></br> For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt <i>them</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-22.htm">Psalm 73:22</a></b></br> So foolish <i>was</i> I, and ignorant: I was <i>as</i> a beast before thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/12-7.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/job/12-7.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-36.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/job/13-5.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/job/2-3.htm">Considered</a> <a href="/job/9-10.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/job/16-15.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Dull</a> <a href="/job/17-7.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-64.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-23.htm">Regarded</a> <a href="/galatians/2-9.htm">Reputed</a> <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/job/15-15.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/job/11-12.htm">Stupid</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/job/13-24.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/28-8.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/job/28-8.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/job/36-33.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/job/19-13.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/job/19-11.htm">Considered</a> <a href="/job/19-11.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/job/36-14.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/psalms/92-6.htm">Dull</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/job/35-2.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/job/31-26.htm">Regarded</a> <a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Reputed</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Stupid</a> <a href="/job/36-14.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/job/34-18.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/job/21-4.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Job 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/18-1.htm">Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/18-5.htm">The calamities of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Why are we regarded as cattle</b><br>In this phrase, Bildad is expressing frustration at being perceived as unintelligent or insignificant. In ancient Near Eastern culture, cattle were often seen as valuable for their utility but not for their intellect. This metaphor suggests a feeling of being undervalued or dismissed. The comparison to cattle may also reflect the agrarian society of the time, where livestock were a central part of life and economy. This sentiment echoes the broader theme in Job of human dignity and the struggle for understanding in the face of suffering.<p><b>as stupid in your sight?</b><br>The term "stupid" here implies a lack of understanding or wisdom. In the context of the Book of Job, wisdom is a central theme, with Job and his friends debating the nature of divine justice and human suffering. Bildad's question highlights the tension between human perception and divine wisdom. This phrase can be connected to other scriptures that discuss wisdom, such as <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>, which states that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." The frustration expressed by Bildad may also reflect the broader human condition of seeking understanding in a world that often seems incomprehensible.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/bildad_the_shuhite.htm">Bildad the Shuhite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Bildad is responding to Job's previous speeches with a rebuke.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A righteous man who is suffering immense loss and affliction. His friends, including Bildad, are attempting to explain his suffering through their own understanding of God's justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel. It is the setting for the events of the Book of Job.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/m/misjudging_others.htm">Misjudging Others</a></b><br>Bildad's question reveals a tendency to misjudge others based on limited understanding. We must be cautious not to assume we fully understand someone else's situation or God's purpose in it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_wisdom_vs._divine_wisdom.htm">Human Wisdom vs. Divine Wisdom</a></b><br>Bildad's perspective is limited by human wisdom. We should seek God's wisdom, which often transcends our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>Bildad's rhetorical question suggests a prideful attitude. We should remain humble, recognizing that our perspective is limited.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_in_suffering.htm">Compassion in Suffering</a></b><br>Bildad's approach lacks compassion. When others suffer, our role is to offer support and empathy, not judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_complexity_of_suffering.htm">The Complexity of Suffering</a></b><br>Job's account reminds us that suffering is complex and not always a direct result of personal sin. We should avoid simplistic explanations for the suffering of others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_you_avoid_sleeping_too_much.htm">What does 'We shall see Him as He is' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_5_9_conflict_with_other_miracles.htm">In Job 5:9, does the claim of God performing countless marvels conflict with documented miracles (or lack thereof) in other biblical texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'bathing_steps_in_butter'_literal.htm">Is the image of 'bathing his steps in butter' (Job 29:6) literal, and does it align with known ancient customs or practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_joppa's_role_in_the_bible.htm">How can you avoid the false cause fallacy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Wherefore are we counted as beasts.</span>--Referring to Job's words (<a href="/job/13-4.htm" title="But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value.">Job 13:4</a>, &c., <a href="/job/16-2.htm" title="I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are you all.">Job 16:2</a>, &c.). In this chapter there is a marked increase in his harshness and violence. It has, however, a certain resemblance to Job 8, inasmuch as Bildad works out a simile here, as he did there; and in <a href="/job/18-16.htm" title="His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.">Job 18:16</a> the two similes touch. In <a href="/job/18-2.htm" title="How long will it be ere you make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.">Job 18:2</a>, which resembles <a href="/job/8-2.htm" title="How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?">Job 8:2</a>, we must supply, as the Authorised Version does, <span class= "ital">Will it be ere? </span>or the negative, <span class= "ital">Will ye not make?</span> &c., or else we must render, "How long [will ye speak thus]? Make an end of words," &c. The plural is used because Job is regarded as the representative of a class, or else as we use the plural instead of the singular in addressing a person.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wherefore are we counted as beasts?</span> The allusion is probably to <a href="/job/16-10.htm">Job 16:10</a>, where Job spoke of his "comforters" as "gaping upon him with their mouths." <span class="cmt_word">And reputed vile in your sight!</span> or, <span class="accented">reckoned unclean</span>. Job had spoken of his "miserable comforters" as "ungodly and wicked" (<a href="/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11</a>), without wisdom (<a href="/job/17-10.htm">Job 17:10</a>) and without understanding (<a href="/job/17-4.htm">Job 17:4</a>). But he had not said that they were "unclean." Bildad, therefore, misrepresents him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/18-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Why</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֭דּוּעַ</span> <span class="translit">(mad·dū·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4069.htm">Strong's 4069: </a> </span><span class="str2">Why? for what reason?</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are we regarded</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(neḥ·šaḇ·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> </span><span class="str2">To think, account</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as cattle,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵab·bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as stupid</span><br /><span class="heb">נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(niṭ·mî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2933.htm">Strong's 2933: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be stopped up, stupid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your sight?</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/18-3.htm">Job 18:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/18-3.htm">OT Poetry: Job 18:3 Why are we counted as animals which (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/18-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 18:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 18:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/18-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 18:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 18:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>