Job 15:8
Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
In Context
7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Cross References
Job 11:6And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 13:5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it would be your wisdom.
Psalms 25:14The counsel of the LORD is with them that fear Him; and His covenant, to make them know it.
Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who hath attended to His word, and heard it?
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 →