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What insights do you have that we do not have?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />What do you know that we don’t? What do you understand that we do not?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />What knowest thou, that we know not? <i>what</i> understandest thou, which <i>is</i> not in us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />What do you know that we do not know? <i>What</i> do you understand that <i>is</i> not in us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“What do you know that we do not know? <i>What</i> do you understand that we do not?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“What do you know that we do not know? <i>What</i> do you understand that we do not?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />What do you know that we do not know? <i>What</i> do you understand that is not with us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“What do you know that we do not know? <i>What</i> do you understand that is not equally clear to us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What do you know that we don’t? What do you understand that is not clear to us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What do you know that we don&#8217t? What do you understand that is not clear to us? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Do you know and understand something we don't? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that we don't?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There is nothing you know that we don't know. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />What do you know that we don't know, or that you understand and that isn't clear to us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that we don't understand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />What do you know, that we do not know? What do you understand, which is not in us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />What knowest thou that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />What have you known, and we do not know? [What] do you understand, and it is not with us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />What knewest thou and we shall not know? wilt thou understand and it not be with us?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />What do you know, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />What do you know that we do not know, or understand that we do not? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Or what do you know that we do not know? Or what do you under, stand that we do not understand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />What do you know that we do not know, or what do you discern that was not with us?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For what knowest thou, that, we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/15-9.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=2292" 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/15.htm">Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself? <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">do you know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">that we do not?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: nê·ḏā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially."></a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: tā·ḇîn (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">What do you understand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">that is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">clear to us?</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.…<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/11-7.htm">Job 11:7-8</a></span><br />Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? / They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/38-4.htm">Job 38:4-5</a></span><br />Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. / Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Isaiah 40:13-14</a></span><br />Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? / Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-11.htm">1 Corinthians 2:11</a></span><br />For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-34</a></span><br />O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-24.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:24</a></span><br />What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-6.htm">Psalm 139:6</a></span><br />Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-19.htm">1 Corinthians 3:19-20</a></span><br />For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” / And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/30-3.htm">Proverbs 30:3-4</a></span><br />I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. / Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-5.htm">Psalm 92:5</a></span><br />How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Romans 9:20</a></span><br />But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-2.htm">1 Corinthians 8:2</a></span><br />The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-22.htm">Psalm 73:22</a></span><br />I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-4.htm">Proverbs 8:4-5</a></span><br />“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men. / O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">What know you, that we know not? what understand you, which is not in us?</p><p class="hdg">knowest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2</a></b></br> What ye know, <i>the same</i> do I know also: I <i>am</i> not inferior unto you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/26-3.htm">Job 26:3,4</a></b></br> How hast thou counselled <i>him that hath</i> no wisdom? and <i>how</i> hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/10-7.htm">2 Corinthians 10:7</a></b></br> Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he <i>is</i> Christ's, even so <i>are</i> we Christ's.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/12-7.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-3.htm">Ours</a> <a href="/job/6-24.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Understandest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-27.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/job/15-35.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/psalms/12-4.htm">Ours</a> <a href="/job/23-5.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/psalms/49-20.htm">Understandest</a><div class="vheading2">Job 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/15-1.htm">Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/15-17.htm">He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men</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/15.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/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>What do you know that we do not?</b><br>This question is posed by Eliphaz, one of Job's friends, during a dialogue with Job. It reflects the skepticism and challenge towards Job's claims of innocence and understanding of his suffering. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, wisdom was highly valued, and elders were often seen as the primary holders of knowledge. Eliphaz's question implies that Job, despite his suffering, cannot possess knowledge beyond what is already known by the wise men of his time. This reflects a common theme in the Book of Job, where human understanding is limited compared to God's omniscience. The rhetorical nature of the question suggests that Eliphaz believes Job's assertions are unfounded. This connects to other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>, which emphasize the vast difference between human and divine understanding.<p><b>What do you understand that is not clear to us?</b><br>This phrase continues the challenge to Job's claims of understanding his plight. It underscores the belief that Job's friends hold—that they, as a collective, possess a comprehensive understanding of God's ways and justice. Historically, this reflects the communal approach to wisdom in ancient societies, where knowledge was shared and validated within a group rather than through individual insight. Theologically, this question points to the limitations of human wisdom and the mystery of divine providence, a central theme in the Book of Job. It also foreshadows the eventual revelation that God's wisdom and plans are beyond human comprehension, as seen in <a href="/job/38.htm">Job 38-41</a>, where God speaks directly to Job, highlighting the limitations of human understanding.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz_the_temanite.htm">Eliphaz the Temanite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Eliphaz is speaking to Job, questioning his wisdom and understanding.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He is undergoing severe trials and suffering, and his friends are attempting to explain his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/teman.htm">Teman</a></b><br>A region in Edom, known for its wise men. Eliphaz, being a Temanite, is presumed to be wise and knowledgeable.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dialogue.htm">The Dialogue</a></b><br>This verse is part of a larger dialogue where Job's friends are trying to convince him that his suffering is due to some hidden sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_suffering_of_job.htm">The Suffering of Job</a></b><br>The broader context of Job's immense suffering and his quest for understanding and vindication.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_limitations_of_human_wisdom.htm">The Limitations of Human Wisdom</a></b><br>Eliphaz's question to Job highlights the limitations of human wisdom. We must recognize that our understanding is finite and often flawed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride_in_knowledge.htm">The Danger of Pride in Knowledge</a></b><br>Eliphaz's challenge can serve as a warning against pride in our own knowledge. True wisdom comes from humility and reverence for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_divine_wisdom.htm">Seeking Divine Wisdom</a></b><br>In times of confusion and suffering, we should seek God's wisdom through prayer and scripture, rather than relying solely on human reasoning.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassionate_listening.htm">Compassionate Listening</a></b><br>The interaction between Job and his friends teaches us the importance of listening with compassion rather than assuming we have all the answers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trusting God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even when we do not understand our circumstances, we can trust in God's sovereign plan and His ultimate wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_doesn't_job_28_align_with_other_wisdom.htm">Why does Job 28 offer poetic descriptions of wisdom's source without reconciling them with scientific or pagan wisdom traditions of the time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_idol_food.htm">What does the Bible say about food offered to idols?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_intuition.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on intuition?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_prolonged_suffering.htm">If God's 'arm is not too short' (Isaiah 59:1), why do we see prolonged suffering and injustice without divine intervention in this narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">What knowest thou, that we know not?</span> So far as worldly wisdom went, this was probably quite true. Job was not more advanced in knowledge than Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. But he had a keener spiritual insight. He was wiser in the "wisdom which is from above." Perplexed and confused as were his thoughts concerning the Divine government of the universe, they were nearer the truth, more worthy of the Divine nature, than those of his adversaries. In his reply, without claiming any special wisdom, he pours contempt on their pretensions to spiritual understanding (<a href="/job/17-4.htm">Job 17:4, 10</a>). <span class="cmt_word">What understandest thou, which is not in us?</span> A mere repetition of the first member of the verse in different words. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/15-9.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</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do you know</span><br /><span class="heb">יָּ֭דַעְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine 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">that we do not?</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">What do you understand</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּ֝בִ֗ין</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḇîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that is not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">clear to us?</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּ֥נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/15-9.htm">Job 15:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/15-9.htm">OT Poetry: Job 15:9 What do you know that we don't (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/15-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 15:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 15:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/15-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 15:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 15:10" /></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>