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You are no better than I am.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />What ye know, <i>the same</i> do I know also: I <i>am</i> not inferior unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />What you know, I also know; I <i>am</i> not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“What you know I also know. I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />What you know I also know; I have not fallen <i>short</i> of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Everything you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Everything you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />None of you are smarter than I am; there's nothing you know that I don't. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />After all, I know it as well as you do. I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />What you know, I know, too; I'm not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />According to your knowledge I have known—also I. I am not more fallen than you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> According to your knowledge I have known -- also I. I am not fallen more than you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />According to your knowledge I knew also: I fall not more than you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In conformity with your knowledge, I also know. I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />What you know, I also know; I do not fall short of you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I know according to your knowledge also, and I have not been inferior to you<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />What ye know, do I know also; I am not inferior unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/13-2.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=1931" 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/13.htm">Job Reproves His Friends</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847: kə·ḏa‘·tə·ḵem (Prep-k:: N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Knowledge. From yada'; knowledge.">What you know,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">also</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know;</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">am not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: nō·p̄êl (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">inferior</a> <a href="/hebrew/mik·kem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">to you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.…<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/15-9.htm">Job 15:9</a></span><br />What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/26-3.htm">Job 26:3</a></span><br />How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/28-28.htm">Job 28:28</a></span><br />And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/32-10.htm">Job 32:10</a></span><br />Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’<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/38-2.htm">Job 38:2</a></span><br />“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/42-3.htm">Job 42:3</a></span><br />You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a></span><br />The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-7.htm">Proverbs 3:7</a></span><br />Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/12-15.htm">Proverbs 12:15</a></span><br />The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.<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="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">Jeremiah 9:23-24</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. / But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-19.htm">1 Corinthians 1:19-20</a></span><br />For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” / Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">What you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-3.htm">Job 12:3</a></b></br> But I have understanding as well as you; I <i>am</i> not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-8.htm">Job 15:8,9</a></b></br> Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-35.htm">Job 34:35</a></b></br> Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words <i>were</i> without wisdom.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/12-3.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/job/12-3.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/job/12-3.htm">Inferior</a> <a href="/job/12-3.htm">Mind</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/28-17.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Inferior</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Mind</a><div class="vheading2">Job 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for partiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-14.htm">He professes his confidence in God; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm">and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him</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/13.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/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>What you know, I also know;</b><br>In this phrase, Job asserts his understanding and knowledge, emphasizing that he is not lacking in wisdom compared to his friends. This reflects the broader context of the Book of Job, where Job's friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, have been offering their interpretations of Job's suffering, often suggesting that it is due to sin. Job's statement here is a rebuttal to their claims, indicating that he is aware of the same theological and moral principles they are discussing. This can be connected to the wisdom literature tradition in the Old Testament, where knowledge and understanding are highly valued (<a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>). Job's assertion also highlights the theme of human wisdom versus divine wisdom, a central theme in the book.<p><b>I am not inferior to you.</b><br>Job's declaration of equality with his friends underscores his frustration with their condescending attitudes. In the cultural and historical context of the Ancient Near East, social status and wisdom were often linked, and Job's friends may have assumed a position of superiority due to their perceived understanding of God's ways. Job's insistence on his own dignity and understanding challenges this assumption. This phrase can be seen as a precursor to the New Testament teaching on the equality of all believers before God (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>). Additionally, Job's defense of his integrity and wisdom foreshadows the ultimate vindication he receives from God at the end of the book, where God rebukes Job's friends and affirms Job's righteousness (<a href="/job/42-7.htm">Job 42:7-9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and unwavering faith.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar are the three friends who come to comfort Job but end up arguing with him, suggesting that his suffering is due to sin.<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, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's faith to be tested by Satan, yet ultimately restores him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that his faith is only due to his prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_knowledge.htm">Humility in Knowledge</a></b><br>Job acknowledges that he is not inferior in understanding to his friends, reminding us that true wisdom comes from God, not human comparison.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_limits_of_human_wisdom.htm">The Limits of Human Wisdom</a></b><br>Job's statement challenges us to recognize the limitations of human wisdom and the need to seek God's perspective in our trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_suffering.htm">Integrity in Suffering</a></b><br>Job maintains his integrity despite his friends' accusations, teaching us to hold fast to our faith and character even when misunderstood.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_discernment.htm">The Value of Discernment</a></b><br>Job's discernment in recognizing the inadequacy of his friends' advice encourages us to seek discernment in our own lives, especially when facing trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/confidence_in_god's_justice.htm">Confidence in God's Justice</a></b><br>Job's confidence in his understanding points to a deeper trust in God's justice and righteousness, encouraging us to trust in God's ultimate plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_need_angels.htm">If God is all-powerful, why does He need angels to do His work?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_37_14-15_conflict_with_free_will.htm">Does Job 37:14-15's portrayal of God controlling weather conflict with biblical passages that emphasize human free will over divine intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_19_27_conflict_with_ot_afterlife.htm">If Job 19:27 implies a personal, bodily resurrection, does this conflict with other Old Testament notions of the afterlife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_god_know_jeremiah_pre-conception.htm">Jeremiah 1:5 - How can God claim to know Jeremiah before his conception in a way that defies scientific understanding?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">XIII.</span><p>(2) <span class= "bld">I am not inferior unto you.</span>--<span class= "ital">I fall not short of you. </span>But it is this very sense of the inscrutableness of God's dealings that makes him long to come face to face with God, and to reason with Him on the first principles of His action. As it is manifestly the traditionally orthodox position that his friends assume, it is refreshing to find that there may be some truth spoken for God by what is not so reckoned, and that more ultimate truth may exist in honest doubt than is sometimes found in the profession of a loosely-held creed. So the Laureate:<p>"There lives more truth in honest doubt,<p>Believe me, than in half the creeds."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">What ye know</span>, the same do <span class="cmt_word">I know also</span>. Job's friends have claimed to instruct him and set him right, on the ground of their age and experience (<a href="/job/4-8.htm">Job 4:8</a>; <a href="/job/5-27.htm">Job 5:27</a>; <a href="/job/8-8.htm">Job 8:8-10</a>), He protests that, in the matters on which they have lectured him, they have no advantage over himself - he knows all that they know - in truth, the knowledge is open to all (see <a href="/job/12-3.htm">Job 12:3</a>). I am not inferior unto you. An exact repetition of the second clause of <a href="/job/12-3.htm">Job 12:3</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/13-2.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">What you know,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּֽ֭דַעְתְּכֶם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḏa‘·tə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1847.htm">Strong's 1847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Knowledge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">also</span><br /><span class="heb">גַם־</span> <span class="translit">(ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">know;</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֣עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">inferior</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹפֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(nō·p̄êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to you.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכֶּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/13-2.htm">OT Poetry: Job 13:2 What you know I know also (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/13-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 13:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 13:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/13-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 13:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 13:3" /></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>