Job 15:9
What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
In Context
8Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
10There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
Cross References
Job 12:3I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?
Job 26:3To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
2 Corinthians 11:5For I suppose that I have done nothing less than the great apostles.
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 →