Job 38:2
Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
In Context
1Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said :
3Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and answer thou me.
Cross References
Job 12:3I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?
Job 24:25And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?
Job 27:11I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.
Job 35:16Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
1 Timothy 1:7Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither the things they say, nor whereof they affirm.
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 →