Job 15:8
Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
In Context
7Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?
9What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, which is not in us?
Cross References
Job 11:6and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.
Job 13:5O that ye would altogether be silent! And it would be your wisdom.
Psalms 25:14The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Jeremiah 23:18For who has stood in the council of LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?
Matthew 11:25Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
Matthew 13:35so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things concealed from the foundation of the world.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →