Job 15:9

9 There is nothing you know that we don't know.

Job 15:9 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:9

What knowest thou that we know not?
&c.] Which are pretty near the words of Job to his friends, ( Job 12:3 ) ( 13:2 ) ; and to the same sense is what follows:

[what] understandest thou which [is] not in us?
in our hearts, minds, and understanding; or among us, which one or other, or all of us, have not: yet all men have not knowledge alike; some that profess themselves to be wise, and to have a large share of knowledge, are fools; and such who think they know something extraordinary, and more than others, know nothing as they ought to know; and such who have gifts of real knowledge have them different one from another; even of the things known there is not a like degree of knowledge, and particularly in spiritual things; some are little children in understanding, some are young men and know more, and some are fathers, and know most of all; an equality in knowledge belongs to another state, to the latter day glory, when the watchmen shall see eye to eye, and all shall know the Lord, from the least to the greatest, and especially to the ultimate glory, when saints will know as they are known.

Job 15:9 In-Context

7 Do you think you were the first person born? Were you there when God made the mountains?
8 Did you overhear the plans God made? Does human wisdom belong to you alone?
9 There is nothing you know that we don't know.
10 We learned our wisdom from gray-haired people - those born before your father.
11 God offers you comfort; why still reject it? We have spoken for him with calm, even words.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.