Job 15:8
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
- KJV
- Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
- WEB
- Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
- ASV
- Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
- DARBY
- Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
- BLB
- Do you listen in the council of God, and reduce to yourself wisdom?
- ÅB
- Har du vært tilhører i Guds lønnlige råd og der tilranet deg visdom?
- OTB
- Lytter du til Guds hemmelige råd?
Krever du eksklusiv visdom? - B1930
- Har du vært tilhører i Guds lønnlige råd og der tilranet dig visdom?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 11:34
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Read in contextJeremiah 23:18
For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:16
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Read in contextPsalms 25:14
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Read in contextMatthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Read in contextMatthew 13:11
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Read in contextJohn 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Read in contextJob 11:6
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
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