Job 18:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 18:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 18:3 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 18:3 — KJV
“Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?”
— Job 18:3 (KJV)
Job 18:3 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 18:3
“And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. leave: Heb. set, or, place What...: Heb. Wherefore is this?”
Shares key themes with Job 18:3: wherefore, sight
“Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.”
Shares key themes with Job 18:3: wherefore, sight
“And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?”
Shares key themes with Job 18:3: wherefore, sight
“Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.”
Shares key themes with Job 18:3: wherefore, sight
“Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?”
Shares key themes with Job 18:3: wherefore, sight
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