Job 38:2
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
In Context
1Then LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
3Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
Cross References
Job 12:3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?
Job 24:25And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?
Job 27:11I will teach you concerning the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
Job 35:16so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.
1 Timothy 1:7desiring to be law teachers, understanding neither what they say, nor about what they confidently assert.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:2-4
God Answers Out of the Whirlwind. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 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. Let us observe here, 1. Who speaks— The Lord, Jehovah, not a created angel, but the eternal Word himself, the second person in the blessed Trinity, for it is he by whom the worlds were made, and that was no other than the Son of God. The same speaks here that… Read the whole commentary →