Job 38:2
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
- KJV
- Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- WEB
- “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
- ASV
- Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
- DARBY
- Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- BLB
- “Who [is] this darkening counsel with words lacking knowledge?
- ÅB
- Hvem er han som formørker mitt råd med ord uten forstand?
- OTB
- «Hvem er det som formørker mitt råd
med ord uten kunnskap? - B1930
- Hvem er han som formørker mitt råd med ord uten forstand?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 42:3
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Read in contextJob 35:16
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Read in context1 Timothy 1:7
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
Read in contextJob 34:35
‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
Read in contextJob 27:11
I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
Read in contextJob 24:25
If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
Read in contextJob 12:3
But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
Read in contextJob 23:4–5
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
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