Job 38:2
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast 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
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Read in contextJob 35:16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:7
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
Read in contextJob 34:35
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
Read in contextJob 27:11
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Read in contextJob 24:25
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Read in contextJob 12:3
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Read in contextJob 23:4–5
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
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