Job 26:3

To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

How hast thou counseled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

In Context

2Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?

4Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?

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Cross References

Job 12:2Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom die with you?

Job 13:5And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men..

Job 17:10Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.

Job 33:3My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.

Job 38:2Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?

Psalms 71:15My mouth shall shew forth thy justice; thy salvation all the day long. Because I have not knows learning,

Matthew Henry on Job 26:2-5

Job's Reproof of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? One would not have thought that Job, when he was in so much pain and misery, could banter his friend as he does here and make himself merry with the impertinency of his… Read the whole commentary →

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