Job 26:3

To whom hast thou given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? 1 Whom wilt thou follow? is it not one who has the greatest power? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

2To whom dost thou attach thyself, or whom art thou going to assist? 1 Is it not he that has much strength, and he who has a strong arm? 1

4To whom hast thou uttered words? 1 And whose breath is it that has come forth from thee? 1

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Cross References

Job 12:2So then ye alone are men, 1 And wisdom shall die with you? 1

Job 13:5But would that ye were silent, 1 And it would be wisdom to you in the end. 1

Job 17:10Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, 1 For I do not find truth in you. 1

Job 33:3My heart shall be found pure by my words; 1 And the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity. 1

Job 38:2Who is this that hides counsel from me, 1 And confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me? 1

Psalms 71:15And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: 1 And men shall pray for him continually; 1 And all the day shall they praise him. 1

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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