KJV ORIGINAL
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
But I have understanding just like you do; I'm not less intelligent than you. Really, who doesn't already know these things you're telling me?
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Job is defending himself against his friends, saying he's just as wise as they are and that their advice isn't telling him anything new.
📚 Historical Context
Job is responding to his friend Zophar, who had just finished lecturing him about God's wisdom and suggesting Job was foolish. Job's friends believed his suffering was due to sin and kept offering simplistic explanations for his pain. This verse comes in the middle of Job's defense of his integrity and intelligence.
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