Job 38:2
Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
In Context
1And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
Cross References
Job 12:3But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?
Job 24:25And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?
Job 27:11I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.
Job 35:16And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
1 Timothy 1:7Desiring to be teachers of the law, though they have no knowledge of what they say or of the statements which they make so certainly.
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 →