Job 15:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 15:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 15:9 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 15:9 — KJV
“What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?”
— Job 15:9 (KJV)
Job 15:9 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 15:9
“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:9: knowest, know, understandest
“Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:9: knowest, know, understandest
“Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:9: knowest, know
“And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:9: knowest, know
“The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:9: knowest, know
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